biomass as an energy resource 1. 2 3 4 what is this? how much of this do you eat? 5
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Biomass as an Energy Resource
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What is this?
How much of this do you eat?
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Rice
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Rice husk1 bowl = 1000 grains of rice
1 bowl per day x 365 days per year
= 365,000 grains of rice per year
365,000 grains of rice 36,500 grains per kg
= 10 kg per year per person
13,000,000 people in Manila x 10 kg per person = 130,000,000 kg
Rice husk mountain!
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Lumber Logs
Pulp Logs
Slash Bundles
Tree Harvesting
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Forest ProductsFrom Lumber Logs From Pulp Logs
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Chipping
Wood Chipping Machine
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Saw mill
Harvested Logs
Saw dust from sawmill
Wood chips from forestry waste
Paper MillBiomass power and heat plant
Bringing it all together…with no waste!Electricity and Steam are used by the Paper
Mill
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Biogasfrom Poop to Power
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Farms can be dirty places
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Making food can leave behind a lot of nasty waste
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Food or animal waste ferments in
the pond, releasing methane gas
Methane is highly
flammable!!
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Conversion to Energy and Fuel
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Pipes filled with water are heated to make steam
Inside a biomass steam boiler
Fire heats the water
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Steam Turbine
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Biomass conversion
1.Physical conversions2.Thermal conversions3.Chemical conversions4.Microbial conversions5.Biochemical conversions6.Natural conversions
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