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Biomass to liquid (BTL) or BMTL is a (multi step) process to produce liquid biofuel
Biofuel

Biofuel is defined as solid, liquid or gaseous fuel derived from relatively recently dead biological material and is distinguished from fossil fuels, which are petroleum#formation....
s from biomass
Biomass

Biomass, as a renewable energy source, refers to living and recently dead biological material that can be used as fuel or for industrial production....
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The process uses the whole plant to improve the carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalent bond to a single carbon atom. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure and exists in Earth's atmosphere in this state....
 balance and increase yield.






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Biomass to liquid (BTL) or BMTL is a (multi step) process to produce liquid biofuel
Biofuel

Biofuel is defined as solid, liquid or gaseous fuel derived from relatively recently dead biological material and is distinguished from fossil fuels, which are petroleum#formation....
s from biomass
Biomass

Biomass, as a renewable energy source, refers to living and recently dead biological material that can be used as fuel or for industrial production....
:

The process uses the whole plant to improve the carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalent bond to a single carbon atom. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure and exists in Earth's atmosphere in this state....
 balance and increase yield.
  • The Fischer Tropsch process is used to produce synfuels from gasified biomass. While biodiesel
    Biodiesel

    Biodiesel refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of long chain alkyl esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat , which can be used in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles....
     and bio-ethanol production so far only use parts of a plant
    Plant

    Plants are Life organisms belonging to the Kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae....
    , i.e. oil
    Oil

    An oil is a chemical substance that is in a viscosity liquid state at room temperature or slightly warmer, and is both hydrophobic and lipophilic ....
    , sugar
    Sugar

    Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit, honey, sorghum, sugar maple , and in many other sources....
    , starch
    Starch

    File:Amylose2.svgFile:Amylopektin Sessel.svgStarch or amylum is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds....
     or cellulose
    Cellulose

    File:Cellulose Sessel.svgCellulose is an organic compound with the chemical formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand ? linked D-glucose units....
    , BTL production uses the whole plant which is gasified by gasification
    Gasification

    Gasification is a process that converts carbonaceous materials, such as coal, petroleum, biofuel, or biomass, into carbon monoxide and hydrogen by reacting the raw material at high temperatures with a controlled amount of oxygen and/or steam....
    . The result is that for BTL, less land area is required per unit of energy produced compared with biodiesel
    Biodiesel

    Biodiesel refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of long chain alkyl esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat , which can be used in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles....
     or bio-ethanol.
  • Flash Pyrolysis
    Pyrolysis

    Pyrolysis is the chemical decomposition of a condensed substance by heating. The word is coined from the Greek language-derived morphemes pyro "fire" and lysys "decomposition"....
     - producing bio-oil, char
    Char

    Char is the solid material that remains after light gases and tar have been driven-out or released from a carbonaceous material, during the initial stage of combustion, which is known as carbonization, charring, devolatilization or pyrolysis....
     and gas at temperatures between 350-550°C and residence times < 1 second (also called anhydrous pyrolysis).
  • Catalytic depolymerization - using heat and catalysts to separate usable diesel fuel from hydrocarbon
    Hydrocarbon

    In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. With relation to chemical terminology, aromatic hydrocarbons or arenes, alkanes, alkenes and alkyne-based compounds composed entirely of carbon or hydrogen are referred to as "pure" hydrocarbons, whereas other hydrocarbons with bonded com...
     wastes.


See also

  • Bioconversion of biomass to mixed alcohol fuels
  • BMF fuel
    2,5-Dimethylfuran

    A derivative of furan, 2,5-Dimethylfuran is a heterocyclic compound of the formula C6H8O. While it may be abbreviated DMF it should not be confused with dimethylformamide....
  • Gas to liquid
  • Gasification
    Gasification

    Gasification is a process that converts carbonaceous materials, such as coal, petroleum, biofuel, or biomass, into carbon monoxide and hydrogen by reacting the raw material at high temperatures with a controlled amount of oxygen and/or steam....
  • NExBTL
    NExBTL

    NExBTL is a renewable diesel production process commercialized by the Finland oil and refining company Neste Oil. Whether as an admixture or in its pure form, NExBTL is able to supplement or partially replace diesel fuel without problems....
     - despite the name BTL, the feedstock is plant oil, not whole plants.
  • Non food crops
    Non Food Crops

    The term non food crop applies to the use of agricultural crop for uses other than human or animal consumption .The range of crops with non-food uses is broad....
  • Pyrolysis
    Pyrolysis

    Pyrolysis is the chemical decomposition of a condensed substance by heating. The word is coined from the Greek language-derived morphemes pyro "fire" and lysys "decomposition"....
  • Thermal Depolymerization
    Thermal depolymerization

    Thermal depolymerization is a process using hydrous pyrolysis for the reduction of complex organic materials into light crude oil. It mimics the natural geology processes thought to be involved in the production of fossil fuels....
  • Vegetable oil refining
    Vegetable oil refining

    Vegetable oil can be used as feedstock for an oil refinery. There it can be transformed into fuel by hydrocracking or hydrogenation . These methods can produce gasoline, diesel, and propane....


External links

  • at USDA
    United States Department of Agriculture

    The United States Department of Agriculture is the United States federal executive departments responsible for developing and executing Federal government of the United States policy on farming, agriculture, and food....
     FAS
    Foreign Agricultural Service

    The Foreign Agricultural Service has primary responsibility for the United States Department of Agriculture's overseas programs -- market development, trade pact and negotiations, and the collection of statistics and market information....
     website
  • at DOE
    United States Department of Energy

    The United States Department of Energy is a United States Cabinet-level department of the United States government of the United States responsible for Energy policy of the United States and nuclear safety....
     EERE website