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Biomass: Energy from living matter. Sonia 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) .
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Biomass: Energy from living matter Sonia 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.
