RESEARCH OVERVIEW OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CONVERSION METHODS AND IDENTIFICATION OF KEY RESEARCH AREAS FOR SERI

摘要

This report is a qualitative overview of the current and future research areas of the Biological and Chemical Conversion Branch. Section I maps out the goals of the Branch and the general areas of Branch activities: Energy and Petrochemical Substitutes from Biomass, Thermochemical Conversion, and Photo-conversion. Section II discusses each of these three areas in some detail and is meant to be a general overview. Section III describes specific parts of the three major areas which have been selected, in the context of present Department of Energy sponsored research including the Fuels from Biomass and Office of Basic Energy Sciences programs, for initial SERI in-house research emphasis. Finally, Section IV outlines the Branch research efforts planned through FY79.