US DoD Seeks Mobile Fuel Source

摘要

The US Department of Defense has launched a programme to design a mobile biofuel manufacturing plant that would process organic waste from military installations. The plans are to use pyrolysis to create syngas to be used as biofuel for military vehicles and planes. The specifications also require these mobile plants to be able to produce the equivalent of 500 oil barrels per day. rnIn a more ambitious and future-oriented effort, the DoD is also seeking high-yield ethanol or oil-producing systems combined with efficient small-scale, solar-powered biofuels harvesting and production at forward fixed sites. The proposed system must be capable of producing tactically relevant quantities of biofuels at long-term, forward "off-grid" operating sites. Ideally such a system will be operated by enlisted-level personnel and will be able to produce operationally relevant quantities of biofuel with minimal ongoing maintenance.