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Appendix B: Office of Fuels Development Fiscal Year 1999 Budget
Pages 41-43

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... Subtotal Pretreatment R&D $4,547,000 Physical and/or chemical pretreatment of biomass facilitates enzyme and fermentation reactions, thereby improving process efficiency and lowering costs. An advanced pretreatment reactor, the countercurrent pretreatment reactor, was designed, fabricated and delivered to the National 41 Renewable Energy Laboratory process development unit in FY 1998.
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... Subtotal Switchgrass Variety Testing and Scale-up Research $13,653,000 Switchgrass variety field tests are being conducted in the five major growing regions of the U.S. Field trials established at five USDA National Plant Materials Testing Centers will evaluate newly developed switchgrass liners.
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... Fields studies to evaluate nutrient effects on carbon sequestration and storage will provide additional vital information on energy crops. Subtotal Environmental Effects of Energy Crop Deployment $3,600,000 Research to evaluate the effects of large scale deployment of energy crops on the environment, such as water and soil quality, chemical fates, and biodiversity will provide credible data that could be used to guide deployment in a manner that ensures energy and environmental benefits.
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Key Terms

  • energy crop
  • production costs
  • process efficiency
  • ethanol production
  • production facilities

  • costs reductions
  • improve process
  • bench scale
  • model energy
  • biomass ethanol

  • biomass feedstock
  • additional commitment
  • provide potential
  • pretreatment reactor
  • biodiesel production

  • development centers
  • laboratory process
  • multiple products
  • using waste
  • national plant

  • regional program
  • public forests
  • major obstacle
  • central region
  • ferment mixed

  • cost data
  • improving process
  • feedstock production
  • commercial facilities
  • nutrient effects


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