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Biomass

Bio-energy is a renewable energy source created from natural, biological materials like plants, animals, and their byproducts. Biomass energy comes from organic materials from living organisms, with common sources being plants, wood, and waste. Most bio-energy is obtained from forests, farms, and wastes. It can be produced through processes like combustion, anaerobic digestion, and fermentation to produce fuels like biogas and ethanol. Biochar is another product that results from pyrolysis and can be used in agriculture and for carbon sequestration. Bio-energy provides heat, electricity, and transportation fuels while emitting less greenhouse gases than fossil fuels.

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Biomass

Bio-energy is a renewable energy source created from natural, biological materials like plants, animals, and their byproducts. Biomass energy comes from organic materials from living organisms, with common sources being plants, wood, and waste. Most bio-energy is obtained from forests, farms, and wastes. It can be produced through processes like combustion, anaerobic digestion, and fermentation to produce fuels like biogas and ethanol. Biochar is another product that results from pyrolysis and can be used in agriculture and for carbon sequestration. Bio-energy provides heat, electricity, and transportation fuels while emitting less greenhouse gases than fossil fuels.

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Bio-energy is a renewable energy created from natural, biological sources. Its


typical sources are plants, animals, and their by-products.
Biomass energy is organic, meaning it is made of material that comes from
living organism. The most common biomass materials used for energy are
plants, wood, and waste.

Most bio-energy comes from forests, agricultural farms, and wastes. The
feedstocks are grown by farms specifically for their use as an energy
source.
Bio-energy
• Biomass
• Biogas/Biofuels
• Solid Biofuels
Bio-energy
Biomass can be burned by thermal conversion and used for energy. Thermal conversion involves
heating the biomass feedstock in order to burn or dehydrate it. Direct heating of the materials can be
used in order to produce steam, which in turn powers a turbine, which turns a generator, and then
produce electricity.

A process called torrefaction can also be done before directly burning the biomass. During
torrefaction, materials become dry, eventually compressing into a briquette, which can also be burned
to produce heat.
Materials will be burned or Briquettes will be formed, Steam produced from boiling
heated in order to be and will be burned again to of water, will then turn a
dehydrated produce heat turbine

Produced electricity will then Turbine will then power a


be distributed. generator
Bio-energy
Biogas forms when paper, food scraps, and yard decompose in landfills, and it can be produced by
processing sewage and animal manure in special vessels called digesters. Anaerobic decomposition is
an important process in landfills. Here, biomass decays and produces methane, which is a valuable
energy source.

Ethanol is made from crops such as corn and sugar cane that are fermented to produce fuel ethanol
for use in vehicles. Biofuel is produced from vegetable oils and animal fats and can be used in
vehicles and as heating oils. When burned, it gives off heat in the form of flames, and water vapor
instead of smoke.
Materials will placed in the Bacteria will give off methane Methane gas can be
digester, where bacteria will when digesting the materials combusted as source of
decompose it under anaerobic conditions energy

Fermentation of materials will Ethanol will be combined Biofuel will be added to


produce ethanol with fats and oil gasoline for efficiency, and
will be combusted for energy
Bio-energy
Biochar is the greatest example of this. It is produced during pyrolysis, and is valuable in agricultural
and environment use.

When biomass rots or burn, it releases high amount of methane and carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere. However, when biomass is charred, it sequesters or stores, its carbon content. When
biochar is added back to the soil, it can continue to absorb carbon and form large underground stores
of sequestered carbon – carbon sinks – that can lead to negative carbon emissions and healthier soil.
Materials will be burned Biochar is then produced Steam produced from boiling
through pyrolysis from the pyrolysis, and can be of water, will then turn a
combusted for heat turbine

Produced electricity will then Turbine will then power a


be distributed. generator
• Algae Biofuel
• Microbial Fuel Cell
Bio-energy
HEAT ELECTRICITY TRANSPORTATION
Bio-energy
• Bio-energy is a reliable source of renewable energy. We will never have a shortage of waste that can
be converted to energy.
• As long as there is agriculture, there is biomass.
• Bio-energy can be stored with little energy loss.
• Bio-energy emits little or no GHG. The carbon created by the biomass will just be reabsorbed by
carbon sinks again.
• Bio-energy doubles as a waste disposal measure.
• Bio-energy crops help stabilize soils.
• Bio-energy is a source of clean energy.
• Bio-energy reduces the need for landfills.
• Using wood from natural forests can lead to deforestation if the forests are not replanted.
• The cost of harvesting, transporting, and handling biomass can be expensive.
• Storing and processing of biomass requires large amount of space.
• Some fuel sources are seasonal.
• May compete with food production in specific cases.
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