森林生物材料哲学博士-生物能源

生物能源仅仅是生物体自然产生的能源。在森林生物材料系，我们专注于从树木和植物获得的光合作用能量。这种被称为生物质的储存生物能源不仅具有可持续性，而且在被称为生物能源原料的快速生长的树木和草类抵消时，还能减少我们的碳足迹。我们的教师结合了基础科学，技术创新和系统分析，以提高生物质能和材料的生产量以及新型分析工具的应用为目标。无论我们是在考虑从木材半纤维素生产生物乙醇，还是正在开发将生物质转化为燃料的新热化学工艺，我们的研究都在推动行业向前发展，并应对那些将使世界变得更可持续，企业更高效的巨大挑战。
Bioenergy is simply energy produced naturally by living organisms. In the Department of Forest Biomaterials, we focus on photosynthesized energy gained from trees and plants. This type of stored bioenergy known as biomass is not only sustainable, but decreases our carbon footprint when offset by fast-growing trees and grasses known as bioenergy feedstocks. Our faculty combine fundamental science, technology innovation and systems analysis to target improvement in production of energy and materials from biomass and the application of novel analytical tools. Whether we are looking at producing bioethanol from wood hemicelluloses or developing a new thermochemical process for converting biomass into fuels, our research is driving the industry forward and tackling those grand challenges that will make the world more sustainable and businesses more efficient.