All About Biomass Energy
Biomass from renewable plant and animal materials can be used to produce heat or power. Burning biomass to produce power results in substantially fewer harmful emissions when compared to traditional sources of power generation. Biomass-combustion flue gases have high moisture content. When the flue gas is cooled to a temperature below the dew point, water vapor starts to condense. Biomass (organic matter) can be used to provide heat, make fuels, chemicals and other products, and generate electricity. Wood, the largest source of bioenergy, has been used to provide heat for thousands of years.
Biomass fuels also have a number of environmental benefits . Biomass is obtained from organic matter, either directly from plants or indirectly from industrial, commercial, domestic or agricultural products. Energy crops, such as miscanthus and short-rotation coppice or plant and animal matter such as forest products, waste wood, straw, slurry, chicken litter, and industrial and municipal wastes (such as food processing wastes) can be used to generate heat and electricity. Biomass (organic matter) can be used to provide heat, generate electricity and provide chemical feedstock. Also, unlike other renewable energy sources, biomass can be converted directly into liquid or gaseous fuels for our transportation needs.
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What exactly Biomass?
Biomass is organic non-fossil material, collectively.In other words, ‘biomass’ describes the mass of all biological organisms, dead or alive, excluding biological mass that has been transformed by geological processes into substances such as coal or petroleum..
Biomass (ecology)
In ecology, biomass refers to the cumulation of living matter.That is, it is the total living biological material in a given area or of a biological community or group..
As fuel prices skyrocket, personal financial situations and entire economies are threatened. Biomass energy has been offered up as a possible solution.
An Overview of Biomass Energy
Energy can be produced in a number of ways. We can burn fossil fuels, use the sun’s light for solar energy, use water for hydroelectric generators or even the heat of the Earth’s core in geothermal energy. One often overlooked source of energy that belongs among all these others is biomass energy. Indeed, President Bush seems particular keen on the subject.
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