Utilization of waste nitrogen for biofuel production in China

Baojing Gu, Dong Liu, Xu Wu, Ying Ge, Yong Min, Hong Jiang and Jie Chang

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2011, vol. 15, issue 9, 4910-4916

Abstract: Nitrogen (N) is the limiting factor for current biofuel production. Enormous quantities of waste N from agricultural, industrial and domestic use have been lost to the environment resulting in serious negative consequences. In this study, we discuss biofuel production using waste N (BPWN) on untilled or marginal land. Taking China as an example, the total waste N lost to surface water was estimated at 11.3Tg N (1Tg=1012g) in 2008, accounting for 40% of total fertilizer N applied to China's cropland. The total potential biofuel produced by waste N was estimated at 16,436.3PJyear−1 (1PJ=1015J), accounting for ∼20% of China's total energy consumption, or five times China's total gasoline demand in 2008.

Keywords: Energy consumption; Land resource; N pollution; Water; Sustainable development; Tibet (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.062

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