How is Biomass created?
Biomass is created when organic material goes through the process of photosynthesis and is given radiant energy from sun rays. This energy is then transferred into a chemical energy that can be burned into electricity or used as gas.
What's biomass used for?
Bio mass has two different main uses, one of the uses is for liquid or gas fuels, these are the fuels called biojet fuel, biodiesel and ethonal. The other use is for electricity, if the biomass is heated, a fuel is produced that when burned creates electricity.
https://archive.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/solutions/technologies/biomass.html
https://archive.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/solutions/technologies/biomass.html
What's biofuel?
Biofuel is a cleaner source of biomass mainly used as a replacement for fossil fuels like coal or diesel fuel. The three main biofuels are ethonal, biodiesel, and biojet fuel. Biofuels are mostly made from plants that have recently been harvested.
https://www.azocleantech.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=329
https://www.azocleantech.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=329
How does biomass work?
Biomass works through the process of chemical energy from the sun being burned, when it is burned energy is released in the form of heat and used directly for heating such as cooking or industrial processes or can be used to produce electricity or gas.
How much does it cost?
Biomass energy cost lots less than oil or fossil fuels, small-scale biomass electricity plants have installed $3,000 to $4,000 per kilowatt.
https://www.wbdg.org/resources/biomass-electricity-generation
https://www.wbdg.org/resources/biomass-electricity-generation
What are the benefits and drawbacks?
There are many benefits of using biomass over things such as fossil fuels. One of the many and most important benefits is that biomass is renewable, this means we can continue to use this energy almost forever. Another benefit is that most CO2 emissions made during the process are taken care of by the renewed biomass in the process of plants growing. One of the drawbacks of biomass energy are that land use may be in higher demand for things like entertainment or shops than for field crops. A second drawback is that some biomass is coversion projects are based off the use of animal wastes that are small and limited.
https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/pros-and-cons-of-biomass-energy.php
https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/pros-and-cons-of-biomass-energy.php