Glossary


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A thermochemical process for converting biomass? feedstock? to biofuel? requiring low temperatures and the absence of oxygen. Biocoal, char, and syngas are products of pyrolysis? conversion technologies.

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A visit to switchgrass? trial plots run by Iowa State University researchers; near Ames, IA. Photo by CL Williams, 2010.