Sustainable production of ammonia fertilizers from biomass [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 630.928 Agriculture and related technologies
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2020
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: p. 725-733 : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 262661
• Chủ đề: 1. 09 biomass fuels; 2. Ammonia production; 3. Biotechnology & applied microbiology; 4. Energy & fuels; 5. Lignocellulosic biomass

Tóm tắt

Nitrogen is the most limiting plant nutrient. Inexpensive natural gas has substantially reduced costs of ammonia fertilizer for intensive agriculture in the developed world, but its excessive use negatively impacts downstream ecosystems. By contrast, the availability of ammonia fertilizer is a major economic bottleneck for agriculture in developing countries. A dedicated lignocellulosic biomass crop could supply sufficient substrate to generate optimal nitrogen fertilizer on less than 5% of a grower?s food crop acreage. However, reimagining ammonia generation using biomass could significantly enhance sustainable agricultural productivity in developing countries when combined with emerging catalytic technologies.