Biomass Energy: Dr.A.M.Surendra Kumar
Biomass Energy: Dr.A.M.Surendra Kumar
Biomass Energy: Dr.A.M.Surendra Kumar
CHAPTER 7
BY DR.A.M.SURENDRA KUMAR
DR.A.M.SURENDRA KUMAR
10/30/2012
AVAILABILITY OF BIO-MASS:The total terrestrial crop alone is about 2 x1012 metric tonnes, which includes 1. Sugar crops - Sugar cane & Sweet sorghum 2. Herbaceous crops - non woody plans 3. Silviculture(forestry) plants - cultured hybrid polar, eucalyptus, sycamore Terrestrial crop --- energy --- 3 x1022 jouls At present only 1% of world mass is used for energy conversion.
combustion
-- Ethylene
Cow dung - daily produce 13.5 kg/ cattle -- 0.46 m3 of Bio gas in a
energy.
PROPERTIES CHEMICAL ANALYSIS VOLATILE CONTENT CALORIFIC VALUE PARTICLE SIZE ASH CHARACTERISTICS
PRESSURE &TEMPERATURE. 3. BIO CHEMICAL CONVERSION: A) ANAEROBIC DIGESTION -- MICRO ORGANISM CAN LIVE AND GROW WITHOUT AIR GETS OXYGEN BY DECOMPOSITON OF MATTER CONTAINING IT. INVOLVES MICROBIAL DIGESTION OF BIO MASS USED ON ANIMAL MANURE(COWDUNG)- TAKES PLACE AT LOW TEMPERATURE B) FERMENTATION : BREAKDOWN OF COMPLEX MOLECULES IN ORGANIC COMPOUNDS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF FERMENT YEAST, ENZYMES EXAMPLE : CONVERSION OF GRAINS & SUGAR CROPS INTO ETHANOL MIXED WITH GASOLINE -TO PRODUCE GASHOL(90% GASOLIN + 105ETHONOL)