Biomass
solutions to the problem of the use of renewable energy organic
material from living organisms, unlike fossil fuels that come from long
dead organisms contrary. Biomass will be used either itself to produce energy or is converted by a secondary process in a fuel for energy. In the first case, the combustion of biomass is set by and in the second, it is refined in a fossil fuel.
Organic material is composed of carbon and hydrogen derived from five typical sources: garbage, wood, waste, landfill gases (leachate) and alcohol fuels (such as bioethanol, biodiesel). Most woody biomass is actually a waste product of the paper industry. Waste biomass can come from left over food from residences and restaurants, scraps from the meat and fish industry and agricultural waste. Landfill gas, called leachate, is mainly composed of methane, which is produced by rotting garbage. Alcohol fuels are mostly derived from corn and sugar crops, and some controversy exists over whether money and acreage better spent preparing food or fuel.
Have a biomass conversion to be used in the production of energy. The main types of biomass conversion processes are thermal conversion, chemical conversion and biochemical conversion. The conversion methods can directly release energy as heat or electricity, or they convert the biomass into fuel. Biomass can undergo several transformation processes before they are ready to be used in the production of energy, and the by-products of these processes are often reusable.
Heat is the main ingredient in the thermal conversion of biomass into a useable chemical fuel. The burn is simply the burning of biomass. The solid and gaseous wastes used as fuel. Torrefaction is the roasting of biomass which is not directly exposed to a flame. It is how wood turns into charcoal. The pyrolysis is similar to roasting, but the goal is to cause the chemical components to be separated, rather than to consolidate. Gasification uses heat and pressure, but no flame, to force emitting biomass to gaseous fuels. Chemical transformation typically follows thermal conversion to biomass by-product fuel more accessible, easier to carry and store, and efficiently. Biochemical conversion makes use of the natural processes to change the biomass into fuel. Fermentation is an example of basic biochemical conversion of biomass, such as corn, in ethanol.
The use of biomass as a fuel reduces dependence on oil for power generation. Biomass energy produces air pollution in large quantities, but the production of biomass, such as the accumulation of energy crops such as corn, switchgrass and sugar, also masked large amounts of carbon, so its presence in the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. The amount of bound carbon can not compare to those contained in a virgin forest, and the use of forest residues for energy production from biomass increases the carbon footprint. This can be mitigated by better organic methods of energy to low-carbon transformation processes.
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