Environmental problems associated with global energy supply systems and the increasing amount of solid waste production are triggering a shift towards greater reliance on biomass waste. Waste-to-energy have become important for industries scientists because interest in from waste, due to improved efficiency cost-effective solutions. The is also essential use their own produce energy, which line...

Field studies that address the production of lignocellulosic biomass as a source of renewable energy provide critical data for the development of bioenergy crop models. A literature survey revealed that 14 models have been used for simulating bioenergy crops including herbaceous and woody bioenergy crops, and for crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) crops. These models simulate field-scale produc...

The seasonal succession of all major planktonic groups, i.e., phytoplankton, bacteria, heterotrophic flagellates, ciliates, rotifers, and crustaceans, was investigated during five years (1987-1991) of weekly sampling with elaborate sampling methods and microscopic countings. This allows to study the seasonal changes of the biomass and production allocation patterns within the epilimnetic food w...

Table B1 Literature references and values for biomass (t/km 2), production/biomass (year-1

Mass blooms of Arthrospira (Spirulina) have been reported in waste stabilisation ponds treating tannery wastewaters and have been linked to a reduction in odour emissions in these systems. However, these blooms are unstable and unreliable, forming and disappearing in an apparently unpredictable manner, and they have remained poorly understood. Controlled production of Arthrospira biomass in thi...

mprovement of N2 fixation might be an effective strategy in peanut breeding for high yield under drought stress conditions. However, under water limited conditions peanut varieties having high water-use efficiency (WUE) are favorable. A pot experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions at Khon Kaen University, Thailand during December 2002 to May 2003, and repeated during June 2003 t...

Hydrogen production has gained increasing attention as a potential energy carrier, which can utilize many forms of renewable energy, such as biomass, wind and direct solar power. It has increased its significance as fossil fuels are being used up at a high rate and energy security is of greater importance to the United States and many other countries. Furthermore, hydrogen production offers the...

The utilization of dairy wastewater for producing algal biomass is seen as a two-fold opportunity to treat wastewater and produce algae biomass, which can be potentially used for production of biofuels. In animal agriculture system, one of the major waste streams is dairy manure that contains high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus. Furthermore, it is produced abundantly in California's dairy in...