What are the biomass application?
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Biomass is organic material that comes from plants and animals, and it is a renewable source of energy.
Biomass contains stored energy from the sun. Plants absorb the sun's energy in a process called photosynthesis. When biomass is burned, the chemical energy in biomass is released as heat. Biomass can be burned directly or converted to liquid biofuels or biogas that can be burned as fuels.
Examples of biomass and their uses for energy
Wood and wood processing wastes—burned to heat buildings, to produce process heat in industry, and to generate electricity
Agricultural crops and waste materials—burned as a fuel or converted to liquid biofuels
Food, yard, and wood waste in garbage—burned to generate electricity in power plants or converted to biogas in landfills
Animal manure and human sewage—converted to biogas, which can be burned as a fuel.
Explanation:
Biomass is considered now days very important in many application,therefore.many countries use them for energy production■ Energy crops. Energy crops are cultivated principally for the generation of energy.
Their function, analogous to that of a solar cell, is to capture solar radiation and
then store it in their biomass for subsequent use. Examples of energy crops are
rape, sunflower, Miscanthus sinensis and maize.
■ Post-harvest residues. The residues that occur in the harvesting of cereals and the
felling of trees such as straw and forest wood residues are natural waste. This group
of ‘by-products from nature’ is especially suitable for energy recycling because it
results in a lowering of production costs for the main products, or can increase the
yield of the cultivation chain.
■ Organic by-products. The processing of biomass by humans to create products
forms a further group of by-products. These by-products include manure and liquid
manure from animal husbandry and residues from the industrial processing of
wood and vegetable fibres. Here, too, energy recycling can lead to increased
profitability and ensure that parts of the production process are permanently
environmentally sustainable.
■ Organic waste. Organic waste comprises the products that are used by consumers