{"id":3419,"date":"2020-11-03T03:57:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T03:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=3419"},"modified":"2021-02-21T03:25:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T03:25:20","slug":"biomass-energy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/biomass-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomass Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3419\" class=\"elementor elementor-3419\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90a0755 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90a0755\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1b8360\" data-id=\"b1b8360\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-172cac6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"172cac6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1df96f7\" data-id=\"1df96f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5dd2f9 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c5dd2f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Renewable Energy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec91346 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"ec91346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-renewable-energy-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3442 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-renewable-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is renewable energy?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3449 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/biomass-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Biomass Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3448 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wind-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Wind Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3447 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/hydropower\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Hydropower<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3446 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/geothermal-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Geothermal Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3445 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/solar-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Solar Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3444 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/marine-or-ocean-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Marine or Ocean Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-3443 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/conservation-and-efficiency\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Energy Conservation and Efficiency<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-340a023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"340a023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     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Biomass?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc51632 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc51632\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Biomass fuels come from things that once lived: wood products, dried vegetation, crop residues, aquatic plants, and even garbage. It is known as&nbsp;<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Natural Material<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Plants used up a lot of the sun&#8217;s energy to make their food (photosynthesis). They stored the foods in the plants in the form of chemical energy. As the plants and animals died, the energy remained trapped in the residue. This trapped energy is usually released by burning and can be converted into biomass energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wood is a biomass fuel. It is renewable. As long as we continue to plant new trees to replace those that were cut down, we will always have wood to burn. Just as with fossil fuels, the energy stored in biomass fuels came originally from the Sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is such a widely utilized source of energy, probably due to its low cost and indigenous nature, that it accounts for almost 15% of the world&#8217;s total energy supply and as much as 35% in developing countries, mostly for cooking and heating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How is biomass converted into energy?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Burning:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This is a common way of converting organic matter into energy. Burning stuff like a wood, waste, and other plant matter releases stored chemical energy in the form of heat, which can be used to turn shafts to produce electricity. Let&#8217;s see this simple illustration of how biomass is used to generate electricity.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3504\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3504\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bimass-energy.jpg\" alt=\"The process of biomass conversion to electricity\" width=\"600\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bimass-energy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/bimass-energy-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The process of biomass conversion to electricity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">1. Energy from the sun is transferred and stored in plants. When the plants are cut or die, wood chips, straw, and other plant matter is delivered to the bunker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2. This is burned (combustion) to heat water in a boiler to release heat energy (steam).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">3. The steam from the boiler is directed to turn turbines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">4. The turbine, which are made of coils and magnets spins to generate electricity<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">5. The charged magnetic fields produce electricity, which is sent to homes by cables.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Other ways in which organic matter can be converted into energy include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Decomposition:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Things that can rot, like garbage, human and animal waste, dead animals, and the like, can be left to rot, releasing a gas called biogas (also known as methane gas or landfill gas). Methane can be captured by a machine called Microturbine and converted into electricity. Sometimes, animal waste (poop) can also be converted into methane by a machine called &#8216;Anaerobic Digester&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Fermentation:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ethanol can be produced from crops with lots of sugars, like corn and sugarcane. 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