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1.2 Economic Value and Environmental Benefits
of Industrial Oil Plant
1.2.1 Integrated Utilization of Industrial Oil Plant
With the development of modern society and the progress of civilization, people have
become more and more aware that the depletion of petrochemical resources is an
indisputable fact, and the ecological and environmental problems caused by the massive use of petrochemical resources are also becoming increasingly prominent, such
as incomplete burning of fossil fuels. The resulting smog weather caused by PM2.5
has been shocking. To achieve sustainable socioeconomic development, we must
seek an environmentally friendly, renewable alternative to petrochemical resources.
China has abundant oil and plant resources, and more than 150 kinds of plants whose
oil content are more than 40% have been identified. There are more than 54 million hectares of land in Yilin, and there are a large number of marginal lands such as
saline-alkali land, sandy land, mountainous areas, and mines and oilfield reclamation
sites. About 100 million hectares of land are suitable for planting specific oil plants.
It has very important strategic significance to make full use of existing marginal land
resources to develop industrial oil and plant industries which can not only effectively
deal with the crisis of existing petrochemical resources exhaustion, but also promote
rural ecological construction. It can also solve the unemployment of some farmers
and increase their income. However, for a long time, vegetable oil resources have
been mainly consumed, and their industrial use has not been properly developed due
to the exclusion of coal and petrochemical industries.
Today’s society has entered an energy-driven society, and relying solely on petrochemical resources can no longer support the sustainable development of the social
economy. The industrial application of oilseed plants has ushered in historic development opportunities and it will provide new avenues for solving energy and environmental problems. The main use of oil plants is the consumption of their oil resources
and the use of industrial products. The use of plant oils in the early stage was mainly
based on edible oils and fats, and formed a relatively mature basic theoretical technology system. Due to the different application targets, there are certain differences
in the production processes of oil plants. Although the industrial application of vegetable oils and fats has a long history, due to the long-term lack of effective manpower,
material resources and funds to invest in industrial oil plants, the use of industrial
oil plants mainly includes the products transformed with biomass energy conversion
technology, such as biodiesel, bio-lubricant energy products, ink resins and asphalt
materials. As a renewable biomass energy tree, oil plants are an important alternative resource for solving future energy problems. The use of non-cultivated land for
planting oil plants is a feasible way to achieve ecological integration and large-scale
production of industrial oil resources. It can promote the development of renewable
energy and ecological construction such as soil and water conservation.
J. Chen et al.
1.2 Economic Value and Environmental Benefits
of Industrial Oil Plant
1.2.1 Integrated Utilization of Industrial Oil Plant
With the development of modern society and the progress of civilization, people have
become more and more aware that the depletion of petrochemical resources is an
indisputable fact, and the ecological and environmental problems caused by the massive use of petrochemical resources are also becoming increasingly prominent, such
as incomplete burning of fossil fuels. The resulting smog weather caused by PM2.5
has been shocking. To achieve sustainable socioeconomic development, we must
seek an environmentally friendly, renewable alternative to petrochemical resources.
China has abundant oil and plant resources, and more than 150 kinds of plants whose
oil content are more than 40% have been identified. There are more than 54 million hectares of land in Yilin, and there are a large number of marginal lands such as
saline-alkali land, sandy land, mountainous areas, and mines and oilfield reclamation
sites. About 100 million hectares of land are suitable for planting specific oil plants.
It has very important strategic significance to make full use of existing marginal land
resources to develop industrial oil and plant industries which can not only effectively
deal with the crisis of existing petrochemical resources exhaustion, but also promote
rural ecological construction. It can also solve the unemployment of some farmers
and increase their income. However, for a long time, vegetable oil resources have
been mainly consumed, and their industrial use has not been properly developed due
to the exclusion of coal and petrochemical industries.
Today’s society has entered an energy-driven society, and relying solely on petrochemical resources can no longer support the sustainable development of the social
economy. The industrial application of oilseed plants has ushered in historic development opportunities and it will provide new avenues for solving energy and environmental problems. The main use of oil plants is the consumption of their oil resources
and the use of industrial products. The use of plant oils in the early stage was mainly
based on edible oils and fats, and formed a relatively mature basic theoretical technology system. Due to the different application targets, there are certain differences
in the production processes of oil plants. Although the industrial application of vegetable oils and fats has a long history, due to the long-term lack of effective manpower,
material resources and funds to invest in industrial oil plants, the use of industrial
oil plants mainly includes the products transformed with biomass energy conversion
technology, such as biodiesel, bio-lubricant energy products, ink resins and asphalt
materials. As a renewable biomass energy tree, oil plants are an important alternative resource for solving future energy problems. The use of non-cultivated land for
planting oil plants is a feasible way to achieve ecological integration and large-scale
production of industrial oil resources. It can promote the development of renewable
energy and ecological construction such as soil and water conservation.