Green Energy
- New Coconut-fired Biomass Plant Set For Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand -- A 9.5-MW power station that will be fired using coconut waste is to be developed in Thailand. Under the terms of a deal recently inked between biomass and waste-to-energy provider DP Cleantech and the Mahachai Green Power project,...
- Landfill Gas Power Plants And Biomass
Landfill gas power basically refers to the two greenhouse gases of carbon dioxide and methane. It is therefore a form of biomass used in the generation of energy whereby biomass refers to the microorganisms found in organic materials from animals and...
- Electricity Can Be Produced Directly From Biomass By Solar-induced Hybrid Fuel Cell
A new solar-induced direct biomass-to-electricity hybrid fuel cell can operate on fuels as varied as powdered wood. The fuel cell relies on a polyoxometalate (POM) catalyst (shown in the vials) which changes color as it reacts with light. Now, researchers...
- Types Of Biomass
Scientists recognize four types of biomass:Wood and agricultural products: This consists of so-called ‘home-grown' products such as wood logs and chips etc. It is important to note that almost any biological matter can produce biomass energy. Agricultural...
- Biomass
Biomass is currently one of the latest sources of renewable energy. Together with solar energy and wind power it makes a convincing argument for not using fossil fuels anymore and rather reverting to natural processes to obtain the energy / power that...
Green Energy
Multifunctional Biomass System
Biomass is known to play a big role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions by supplyingbiomass based fuels. Low share of biomass application in many parts of the globe is eminent, and this is attributed to the high production costs and low availability of agricultural land where efficient biomass energy can be produced.
However low costs biomass production routes have been developed so that enough biomass energy is produced and put into useful purposes. One of the low costs production costs that has proven to be very effective and quite beneficial is the multifunctional biomass system. The system uses the concepts of multi- product use and cascading to produce the desired energy and for different applications within the home. Cascading refers to the use biomass in recycling of materials and energy recovery.
One of the vital parameters of multifunctional biomass systems is that, they offer chances for great savings of the nonrenewable energy consumption, greenhouse gas emission reduction, and saves on costs of agricultural land use and the total cost of multifunctional biomass system. The potential of the system to improve the costs is carried out in quantitative terms which are divided into two major aspects.
Aspects on how multifunctional biomass system saves on costs of land use, gas emissions and non-renewable energy consumption
One of the most important aspects that shows how multifunctional biomass system saves or improves on the costs of these applications, is the methodology to account for land use, greenhouse gas emission, nonrenewable energy consumption which are adapted for evaluation of the multifunctional system. It involves taking into account the time dimension and the integration of market prices which often change from time to time.
The environmental impact of biomass and system expansion are given special attention because, there is a positive impact on the environment which means that less money is involved in energy conversion systems. The other potential benefit largely depends on the kind of biomass system used. Good research needs to be carried out so that a profitable multifunctional biomass system is used, to help in fast and efficient energy production that is very useful.
Quantitative benefits of multifunctional biomass-refinery system
Multifunctional biomass-refinery system is largely used in the production of biomass energy. This includes the use of agricultural residues for energy production and the use of waste to energy for recovery. The level of systems performance in carrying out these tasks is quite exceptional and it doesn't take a lot of time and energy to produce the desired energy. This means that a fast energy production involves low costs of production in terms of the materials used per kilogram, which saves on production costs and land use. The market prices of and land may be high but since the system can operate faster, less materials and products and the products which are used are maximized so that they can produce the desired energy.
All bio-refinery multifunctional biomass systems can offer net savings of non-renewable energy consumption of 70 to 220 GJ per hectare every year, and net savings on greenhouse gas emissions of 3 to 17 mg every year per hectare. These are great net benefits that the system offers and that is why it is very important to ensure proper viability of biomass system, for increased production of energy and more opportunities for savings.
Multifunctional biomass should also be introduced on large scale so that good own price elasticity is achieved because, high demand of energy production materials affect the overall costs of biomass refinery system. With large scale introduction of biomass material, then there will production of an energy which can be used for various applications within and outside the house.
- New Coconut-fired Biomass Plant Set For Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand -- A 9.5-MW power station that will be fired using coconut waste is to be developed in Thailand. Under the terms of a deal recently inked between biomass and waste-to-energy provider DP Cleantech and the Mahachai Green Power project,...
- Landfill Gas Power Plants And Biomass
Landfill gas power basically refers to the two greenhouse gases of carbon dioxide and methane. It is therefore a form of biomass used in the generation of energy whereby biomass refers to the microorganisms found in organic materials from animals and...
- Electricity Can Be Produced Directly From Biomass By Solar-induced Hybrid Fuel Cell
A new solar-induced direct biomass-to-electricity hybrid fuel cell can operate on fuels as varied as powdered wood. The fuel cell relies on a polyoxometalate (POM) catalyst (shown in the vials) which changes color as it reacts with light. Now, researchers...
- Types Of Biomass
Scientists recognize four types of biomass:Wood and agricultural products: This consists of so-called ‘home-grown' products such as wood logs and chips etc. It is important to note that almost any biological matter can produce biomass energy. Agricultural...
- Biomass
Biomass is currently one of the latest sources of renewable energy. Together with solar energy and wind power it makes a convincing argument for not using fossil fuels anymore and rather reverting to natural processes to obtain the energy / power that...