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Survey of biocrude-producing plants from the southwest
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One hundred ninety-five species of plants native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico were surveyed for potential feedstocks for biocrude production in arid lands in this paper.Abstract:
One hundred ninety-five species of plants native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico were surveyed for potential feedstocks for biocrude production in arid lands. Biocrude is the hydrocarbon and hydrocarbonlike chemical fraction of plants which may be extracted by organic solvents and upgraded to liquid fuels and chemical feedstocks. Plants were evaluated using a set of models which provide estimates of oil and energy production costs. Plants producing either latex or resinous exudates had the highest percentage of high energy extracts. Total extracts were highest in smaller, potentially less productive plants. The optimum combination of percentage biocrude and potential yield occurred in plants of intermediate size having higher than average extractables. High biomass yields do not appear necessary for the economic production of biocrude in irrigated, arid regions. Several desert plants might produce biocrude for between $10–15 per million BTU without by-product credits.read more
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Hydrocarbon plant—New source of energy for future
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Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) and Pelletization of Two Arid Land Plants Bagasse for Energy Densification
M. Toufiq Reza,Xiaokun Yang,Charles J. Coronella,Hongfei Lin,Upul Hathwaik,David K. Shintani,Bishnu Neupane,Glenn C. Miller +7 more
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Desert Plants : Biology and Biotechnology
TL;DR: Biotechnological approaches to aphrodisiac plants of Rajasthan, India and genetic variation in Tunisian date-palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) are studied.
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Potential Bioresources as Future Sources of Biofuels Production: An Overview
TL;DR: The current status and future prospectus of research on "liquid biofuel production from different potential substrates" is discussed in this article, where a detailed presentation on the status and concerns of biofuels, and the types of bio-fuels and the production of especially liquid bio-fuel from different bioresources are discussed.
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