Supergen Bioenergy Hub 2018

Supergen 生物能源中心 2018

基本信息

批准号：
EP/S000771/1
负责人：
Elizabeth Thornley
金额：
$ 721万
依托单位：
Aston University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2018 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FS000771%2F1
关键词：
Supergen Bioenergy Hub 2018

项目摘要

Biomass is plant or woody material that during its growth has absorbed CO2 from the atmosphere through photosynthesis . When the biomass is used to produce bioenergy it re-releases to atmosphere the same amount of CO2 as was sequestered during growth. Therefore, as long as biomass growth is close in time period to release there is no net addition to the long term atmospheric CO2 concentration. However, some aspects of processing and using the biomass may generate additional greenhouse gas emissions that need to be accounted for and, given that the UK is trying to decrease all carbon emissions it is important that we make efficient use of our biomass resource by maximizing the production and use of truly sustainable resource and developing efficient pre-treatment and conversion technologies. It is also important that we make the best use of the sustainable biomass resource and fully understand the wider impact and costs of implementation. This project brings together leading UK bioenergy research groups to develop sustainable bioenergy systems that support the UK's transition to an affordable, resilient, low-carbon energy future. We will synthesize previous work on land and feedstock availability to assess the realistic potential resource for UK bioenergy and examine new crops that could support UK farming by delivering ecosystem benefits as well as biomass resource. We will test the performance of different feedstocks in high efficiency conversion options and develop new techniques which will improve resource efficiency in bioenergy systems, especially at small scale. We will evaluate the impact of using biomass for heat, electricity, transport fuels or chemicals to provide independent, authoritative information to guide decision making by industrialists and policy makers. We will assess the potential for bioenergy to contribute a proportion of the UK's future sustainable energy mix, taking into account the environmental, economic and social impacts of the processes.We will work with industrialists and policy makers to ensure that our work is relevant to their needs and reflects achievable implementation standards. We will share our findings in our research work widely with the industry and policy communities and make it accessible to societal stakeholders on our website, via special publications, in the conventional and on social media and with tailored events for public engagement.

生物量是植物或木质材料，在其生长过程中，通过光合作用从大气中吸收了二氧化碳。当使用生物质生成生物能源时，它会与生长过程中隔离的二氧化碳重新释放到大气中。因此，只要生物量的生长在释放时间范围内接近，就不会在长期大气二氧化碳浓度中添加净添加。但是，加工和使用生物质的某些方面可能会产生其他需要考虑的温室气体排放，并且鉴于英国试图减少所有碳排放，因此重要的是，我们必须通过最大程度地利用生物量资源来最大程度地利用真正可持续的资源，并使用真正可持续性的资源，并开发有效的预处理和改善技术。同样重要的是，我们可以充分利用可持续生物质资源并充分了解实施的更广泛的影响和成本。该项目汇集了英国领先的生物能源研究小组，以开发可持续的生物能源系统，以支持英国向负担得起的，弹性，低碳能源的未来过渡。我们将综合以前在土地和原料可用性上的工作，以评估英国生物能源的现实潜在资源，并检查可以通过提供生态系统利益和生物量资源来支持英国农业的新作物。我们将在高效率转换选项中测试不同原料的性能，并开发新技术，从而提高生物能源系统的资源效率，尤其是在小规模上。我们将评估使用生物量进行热，电力，运输燃料或化学物质的影响，以提供独立的权威信息，以指导工业家和政策制定者的决策。我们将评估生物能源在考虑到过程的环境，经济和社会影响的情况下贡献英国未来可持续能源组合的一部分的潜力。我们将与工业家和政策制定者合作，以确保我们的工作与他们的需求相关，并反映可实现的实施标准。我们将与行业和政策社区广泛地分享我们的研究结果，并使我们网站上的社会利益相关者通过特殊出版物，传统和社交媒体上的社会利益相关者可以访问它，并通过量身定制的活动进行公众参与。