Dewatering-in-oil Modification Technology For Biomass With High Moisture Content

摘要

Biomass is carbon-neutral and its energy conversion is expected to be an important measure for reducing carbon dioxide which causes global warming. However, biomass contains a large amount of water, which reduces heat value, inhibiting the use of biomass as an energy source.rnA gasification technology, using the dewatering-in-oil modification technology for biomass with high moisture content, has been developed by a collaboration among Kobe Steel, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Hokkaido University and Kyoto University, under the "Development of Elemental Technology for Bioenergy Conversion" led by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).rnKobe Steel proved that our dewatering-in-oil technology, developed for upgrading brown coal (UBC) technology", is applicable to food waste, such as coffee and tea extraction wastes, with the same level of efficiency as for brown coal.