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Converting Waste Agricultural Biomass into a Resource - UNEP

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Table 1: Cellulosic <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Biomass</strong> Conversion to Energy<br />

Technology<br />

Conversion<br />

Process Type<br />

<strong>Biomass</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />

Energy or Fuel<br />

Produced<br />

Biodiesel<br />

Production<br />

Chemical<br />

rapeseed<br />

soy beans<br />

waste vegetable oil<br />

biodiesel<br />

Direct<br />

Combustion<br />

Thermochemical<br />

agricultural waste<br />

mixed waste<br />

heat<br />

steam<br />

electricity<br />

Ethanol<br />

Production<br />

Biochemical<br />

(aerobic)<br />

sugar or starch<br />

crops<br />

wood waste<br />

pulp sludge<br />

rice and corn straw<br />

ethanol<br />

Gasification Thermochemical agricultural waste<br />

mixed waste<br />

low or medium-<br />

Btu producer<br />

gas<br />

Methanol<br />

Production<br />

Thermochemical<br />

agricultural waste<br />

mixed waste<br />

methanol<br />

Pyrolysis Thermochemical agricultural waste<br />

municipal solid<br />

waste<br />

synthetic fuel oil<br />

(biocrude)<br />

charcoal<br />

Chart 2: Level of Use for Energy Conversion<br />

Gasification<br />

Pyrolysis<br />

Bio-oil applications<br />

Bio-chemicals<br />

Household energy<br />

Briquetting<br />

Carbonization<br />

Combustion<br />

Research Pilot Demonstration Commercial<br />

Chart 2 shows the level of use of the different conversion technologies for<br />

energy. Household energy, mainly for cooking, heating and drying, are the<br />

most widely available technologies. <strong>Biomass</strong> cook stoves, for instance,<br />

have hundreds of versions all around the world. Those documented in the<br />

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