10 Comprehensive Utilization of Processed Residues …
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10.8 Future Perspective and Suggestion
Although the high value-added utilization of woody oil plant residues has attracted an
increasing amount of attention over the past 10 years, the comprehensive utilization
of processed residues of woody oil plants confronts the following challenges:
(1) Low rate of comprehensive utilization and a severe wastage of resources
At present, the comprehensive utilization rate of processed residues of industrial
woody oil plants is only at 20%. The residue’s ingredients like carbohydrate, protein,
fat, and other bioactive substances are not fully and efficiently employed, resulting in a
complete waste of the precious resources and inevitable pollution to the environment.
(2) Backwardness of key technology and equipment for the comprehensive utilization
The technological innovation system based on enterprises has not been fully established, and the research and development of core technologies and equipment lag
behind the world’s advanced level. Currently, the equipment of the deep processing industry for by-products of woody oil plant have poor stability and high energy
consumption; the promotion of new advanced technology spreads slowly, and the
key equipment technology still relies on imports from abroad; the existing technical
equipment has low performance, low automation, low-end manufacturing level, and
lacks integrated and automated production; last but not the least, low level of industrialization of by-product processing technology is the main problem that restrains
the comprehensive utilization of processed residues of woody oil plants.
(3) Absence of standardization construction and management
At present, the standards that are set in connection with the processing of woody oil
plant residues are scarce and the standardization construction is greatly insufficient.
The entries of standards are simple and technical indicators are scanty: the standard
coverage is limited and the range for usage is narrow. The standard upgrading cannot
keep up with the needs of market development, which is inadaptable to the transition
of the processed by-products from quantity to quality-oriented. Due to the absence
of corresponding standardization management, some products relating to woody oil
residues do not have unified standards for the process and ingredients at the time of
producing, leading to unstable product quality and the suspicions on some products
from the customers. Today, most products with comprehensive utilization do not
have national standards or industry criteria, let alone an effective back-up from the
perspectives of primary standard, method standard, and management standard for
product standard.
(4) Demand for policy support
The demand for policy support includes fiscal service, legal service, scientific
and technological service, etc. At present, there is no substantial policy application
or effective and reasonable policy incentives for these processed by-products. As a
result, the related processing enterprises are not very active and enthusiastic about the
295
10.8 Future Perspective and Suggestion
Although the high value-added utilization of woody oil plant residues has attracted an
increasing amount of attention over the past 10 years, the comprehensive utilization
of processed residues of woody oil plants confronts the following challenges:
(1) Low rate of comprehensive utilization and a severe wastage of resources
At present, the comprehensive utilization rate of processed residues of industrial
woody oil plants is only at 20%. The residue’s ingredients like carbohydrate, protein,
fat, and other bioactive substances are not fully and efficiently employed, resulting in a
complete waste of the precious resources and inevitable pollution to the environment.
(2) Backwardness of key technology and equipment for the comprehensive utilization
The technological innovation system based on enterprises has not been fully established, and the research and development of core technologies and equipment lag
behind the world’s advanced level. Currently, the equipment of the deep processing industry for by-products of woody oil plant have poor stability and high energy
consumption; the promotion of new advanced technology spreads slowly, and the
key equipment technology still relies on imports from abroad; the existing technical
equipment has low performance, low automation, low-end manufacturing level, and
lacks integrated and automated production; last but not the least, low level of industrialization of by-product processing technology is the main problem that restrains
the comprehensive utilization of processed residues of woody oil plants.
(3) Absence of standardization construction and management
At present, the standards that are set in connection with the processing of woody oil
plant residues are scarce and the standardization construction is greatly insufficient.
The entries of standards are simple and technical indicators are scanty: the standard
coverage is limited and the range for usage is narrow. The standard upgrading cannot
keep up with the needs of market development, which is inadaptable to the transition
of the processed by-products from quantity to quality-oriented. Due to the absence
of corresponding standardization management, some products relating to woody oil
residues do not have unified standards for the process and ingredients at the time of
producing, leading to unstable product quality and the suspicions on some products
from the customers. Today, most products with comprehensive utilization do not
have national standards or industry criteria, let alone an effective back-up from the
perspectives of primary standard, method standard, and management standard for
product standard.
(4) Demand for policy support
The demand for policy support includes fiscal service, legal service, scientific
and technological service, etc. At present, there is no substantial policy application
or effective and reasonable policy incentives for these processed by-products. As a
result, the related processing enterprises are not very active and enthusiastic about the