This book is the first volume of a new ser ies on solar energy researeh and developnent whieh is earried out in the European Communi ty. The Commission of the European Cammunity's Directorate General (XII) for Researeh, Scienee and Edueation is eurrently implementing, on a eost-sharing hasis, a solar energy R+D programme through eontraets wi th European industry, researeh institutions and universities. This programme eovers the following sectors : Project A Solar Energy Applieations to Dwellings project B Thermo-mech. Solar Power Plants project C Photovoltaie Power Generation project D Photochemieal, Photoelectrochemical and Photobiological Processes project E Energy fram Biamass project F Solar Radiation Data project G Wind Energy project H Solar Energy in Agricul ture and Industry In the course of the programme the Commission organises each year several coordination meetings to which the contractors within each sector are invited to present details of their work. As the information presented at these meetings is recent and of high interest for other researchers working in these particular sectors, the Commission has decided to start this new ser ies of publieations in cooperation with D. Reidel Publishing Campany in order that this new infor mation ean be quickly and widely circulated for the benefit of advancement and progress in the whole field of solar energy.

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Proceedings of the EC Contractors' Meeting held in Copenahgen, 23-24 June, 1981

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Proceedings of the EC Contractors' Meeting held in Copenahgen, 23-24 June, 1981

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and Summary.- Subject I. Agricultural Wastes, Energy Crops.- Energy production using straw and animal wastes as feedstocks Analysis of both the agricultural (humus) and socio-economic constraints involved Institut national de la Recherche agronomique INRA (F).- An experimental assessment of native and naturalised species of plants as renewable sources of energy in Great Britain Natural Environment Research Council's Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (UK).- Studies on the yield of catch crops grown for fuel University of Reading (UK).- Joint research on Arundo Donax as an energy crop Institut national de la Recherche agronomique INRA Centre national du Machinisme agricole, du Génie rural, des Eaux et des Forêts CEMAGREF (F).- Subject II. Forestry, Wood, Wastes.- An experimental study of short rotation forestry for energy Aberdeen University, Forestry Department (UK).- Coppiced trees as energy crops Forestry Commission Research and Development Division (UK).- Selection and creation of forest material for biomass production Establishment of short rotation coppices Institut national de la Recherche agronomique Station d'Amélioration des Arbres forestiers (F).- Utilization of coppice forests biomass for fuel and other industrial uses Ente Nazionale Cellulosa e Carta (F).- The production of energy from short rotation forestry An Poras Taluntais Agricultural Research Council (EIR).- To design, build and test a biomass harvester/chipper Bord na Mona (EIR).- Design and building of a forestry wastes harvester Centre national du Machinisme agrioole, du Génie rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (F).- Subject III. Algae.- Methane production by mariculture on land Technical University Aachen (D).- Investigations on the mass culture of marine algae inSouthern Italy Centro di Studio dei Microrganismi Autotrofi del CNR (I).- Exploitation of lagoon macro-algae for biogas production CSARE Centro per gli Studi e le Applicazioni delle Risorse Energetiche (I).- For a solar biotechnology based on microalgae Société française des Pétroles BP (F).- Biomass from offshore sea areas University of Liverpool (UK).- Biomass from offshore sea areas University of Nottingham Wolfson Institute of Interfacial Technology (UK).- Renewable hydrocarbon production by cultivation of the green alga Botryococcus Braunii Investigation of the factors affecting hydrocarbon production Ecole nationale supérieure de Chimie de Paris (F).- Subject IV. Biomass Conversion (Biological Routes).- The anaerobic digestion of farm wastes and energy crops University College, Cardiff (UK).- Methane from agricultural wastes and from energy crops University College, Galway (EIR).- Methane production by anaerobic digestion of algae Catholic University of Louvain (B).- Two-phase process for the anaerobic digestion of organic wastes yielding methane and compost Institute for Storage and Processing of Agricultural Produce IBVL (NL).- Starting up of a thermophilic anaerobic digestion State Agricultural University, Wageningen (NL).- Alcoholic fermentation Improvement of the technology based on physiological phenomena Département Génie biochimique, Institut national des Sciences appliquées (F).- Utilization of agricultural wastes as energy sources Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose Universita degli Studi di Napoli (I).- Liquefaction and saccharification of agricultural biomass Agricultural University, Wageningen (NL).- Subject V. Biomass Conversion (Thermochemical Routes).- The development of furnace/heat exchanger systems inwhich chopped cereal straw is the fuel University of Nottingham (UK).- The use of gas scrubbers for heat extraction from straw furnaces Jordbrugsteknisk Institut Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (DK).- Heat energy from animal waste by combined drying, combustion and heat recovery Jordbrugsteknisk Institut Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (DK).- High temperature straw granulation CNEEMA (F).- Mobile pyrolysis plant for the production of charcoal and condensable hydrocarbons from biomass Fritz Werner Industrie-Ausrüstungen GnbH (D).- Thermochemical biomass gasification Twente University of Technology Department of Chemical Reaction Engineering (NL).- Pressurised gasification of wood with oxygen combustion or electrical heating NOVELERG (F).- Experimental work on a fixed-bed oxygen gasifier in the view of methanol sythesis using biomass as a feedstock CLE Creusot-Loire Entreprises (F).- Process and equipment for the fluidized bed oxygen gasification of wood Creusot-Loire (F).- Process in the development of a test facility for biomass gasification studies Foster Wheeler Power Products Limited (UK).- Catalytic liquefaction of wood material Groupe de Physioo-Chimie Minérale et de Catalyse (B).- Attendance List.