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Biorefinery approach to manufacture of fertilisers and preservatives from non-food crops
Reference
BBS/E/C/00004894
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Philip Charles Brookes
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
Rothamsted Research
Department
Rothamsted Research Department
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
54,314
Status
Completed
Type
Institute Project
Start date
01/06/2007
End date
31/05/2011
Duration
48 months
Abstract
The need for alternative sources of energy to fossil fuels (oil and coal) is now widely accepted. Probably, no single alternative will emerge. Instead, a variety of new approaches are likely to be employed and the increasing use of biofuels is certain. However, even biofuels usually require nitrogen fertilizers and non-biological fixation of nitrogen is expensive on an industrial scale. This project examines whether a proportion of both the carbon and nitrogen in the biofuels can be returned to the soil as fertilizer and recycled through the plant-soil-microbe system.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Not funded via Committee
Research Topics
Bioenergy, Crop Science, Plant Science, Soil Science
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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