Development of novel reactors and integrated assessment tools for biomass and bioenergy systems

为了解决人类的可持续发展和应对全球气候变化，需要在支持社会可持续性的同时考虑环境和经济的可持续性。近年来，关于生物质作为一种潜在的可再生和可持续能源的最佳利用问题在北美引起了激烈的辩论。在像不列颠哥伦比亚省和魁北克这样的地方，如果有效利用，丰富的生物质残留物是潜在的可再生能源。仅在不列颠哥伦比亚省，估计每年有3200万吨生物质残留物，但每年只有约100万吨生物质残留物被制成木屑颗粒，其中大部分出口到欧洲，原因是缺乏有效的生物燃料转化和污染控制技术，阻碍了可持续的国内生物燃料市场的发展。

To address the sustainable human development and to combat global climate change, environmental and economical sustainability need to be considered in supporting the social sustainability. There have been heated debates in recent years on the optimal utilization of biomass as a potentially renewable and sustainable energy source for greenhouse gas mitigation in North America. In places like British Columbia (BC) and Quebec, abundantly available biomass residues are potential renewable energy sources if effectively utilized. In BC alone, there are estimated 32 million tones/year of biomass residues available, but only about one million tones of them are made into wood pellets each year, with majority of them exported to Europe due to the lack of effective biofuel conversion and pollution control technologies, preventing the development of a sustainable domestic biofuel market.