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Evaluation of Opportunities for Converting Indigenous UK Wastes to Wastes and Energy
AEA/ED45551/Issue 1
8.4 Conclusions for Combustion Technologies 123
9 Biological Processes 126
9.1 Anaerobic Digestion (AD) 126
9.2 Composting - an alternative to Anaerobic Digestion 137
9.3 Hydrolysis and fermentation of lignocellulose (Biological 2 nd Generation Biofuel)
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9.4 Conclusions for Biological Processes 143
10 Thermochemical processes for generating energy 144
10.1 Gasification 145
10.2 Pyrolysis 160
10.3 Conclusions 165
11 Potential GHG Reductions 166
11.1 Scenario 1: Food Waste 167
11.2 Scenario 2: Wood Waste 170
11.3 Other, recent GHG life cycle analyses 171
12 Recommendations and NNFCC’s role 172
Appendices
Appendix 1 Further information on Waste Arisings
Appendix 2 Waste Legislation
Appendix 3 MBT Methods
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