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Biomass: Energy from living matterSonia Biring
What Is Biomass?• Biomass is anything that is
or has once been alive basically energy from living matter.▫ It is energy derived
from once-living, plant or animal matter.
▫ E.g. Wood, peat, grain waste, and dung (poop)
Wood Waste & Beehive Burners• Most biomass is usually
wood.• When burned the chemical
energy is released as heat.
• Saw mills and pulp mills used to burn large amounts of wood waste in beehive burners did not convert any of it to usable power.
• BC government made new laws where wood wastes and beehive burners could be burned to make energy with less emissions.
Incinerators • Incinerators
▫ turn garbage into steam which is then sold to nearby paper recycling facilities to replace the use of fossil fuels that harm the environment
• Waste-to-energy facilities burn modern garbage that normally would end up in landfills. ▫ Incinerators not only
create energy but they reduce the garbage volume by 90%.
Methane Gas• Methane gas is created
from rotting garbage at landfills. ▫ It is a serious greenhouse
gas which recently was burned off and rose from landfill through pipes which were inserted into the rotting garbage.
• Now days, this gas is being used in many landfills as a source of energy to create heat or electricity.
• Biomass is a renewable energy source which plays a small role in deducting our overall dependence on fossil fuels. ▫ It can reduce a great
amount of garbage that we all have to deal with.
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