Use of vegetal biomass for biofuels and bioenergy. Competition with the production of bioproducts and materials?

Publication date: Available online 16 October 2017 Source:Comptes Rendus Physique Author(s): Christine Chirat The total European bioeconomy represents 2.1 trillion euros turnover. It includes the food, feed and beverages sectors that are responsible for about half of the turnover. The bio-based industries – chemicals and plastics, pharmaceuticals, paper and paper products, forest-based industries, textile sector, biofuels, and bioenergy – contribute with 600 billion euros and 3.2 million employees. This paper will first give key figures for fossil fuel versus vegetal biomass stocks and production. The chemical composition of vegetal biomass will be described in a second part, and compared with fossil raw material. The use of vegetal biomass for energy will then be discussed, with a focus on the production of biofuels. The last part will give examples of bioproducts that could be obtained from wood in biorefineries integrated into the cellulose fiber industry.

Source: Comptes Rendus Physique - October 17, 2017 Category: Physics Source Type: research