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Reference Number	BBS/E/C/00004894
Title	Biorefinery approach to manufacture of fertilisers and preservatives from non-food crops
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Other bio-energy) 40%; Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of other biomass-derived fuels (incl. Production from wastes)) 30%; Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of transport biofuels (incl. Production from wastes)) 30%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Professor PC Brookes No email address given Agriculture and Environment Division Rothamsted Research
Award Type	Institute Project
Funding Source	BBSRC
Start Date	01 June 2007
End Date	31 May 2011
Duration	48 months
Total Grant Value	£54,314
Industrial Sectors	Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
Region	East of England
Programme
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Professor PC Brookes , Agriculture and Environment Division, Rothamsted Research (100.000%)
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Objectives	Objectives not supplied
Abstract	The need for alternative sources of energy to fossil fuels (oil and coal) is now widely accepted. Probably, no single alternative will emerge. Instead, a variety of new approaches are likely to be employed and the increasing use of biofuels is certain. However, even biofuels usually require nitrogen fertilizers and non-biological fixation of nitrogen is expensive on an industrial scale. This project examines whether a proportion of both the carbon and nitrogen in the biofuels can be returned to the soil as fertilizer and recycled through the plant-soil-microbe system.
Publications	(none)
Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	30/09/13