Look up biomass in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Biomass is a term used in several contexts: in the context of ecology it means living organisms, and...
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Biomass is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass...
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In the context of energy production, biomass is matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms which is used for bioenergy production. Examples...
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Biomass is an Earth observing satellite planned for launch by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2024 on a Vega launch vehicle. The mission will provide...
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Bioenergy (redirect from Biomass power)
of renewable energy that is derived from plants and animal waste. The biomass that is used as input materials consists of recently living (but now dead)...
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Ecological pyramid (redirect from Biomass pyramid)
the biomass or bioproductivity at each trophic level in an ecosystem. A pyramid of energy shows how much energy is retained in the form of new biomass from...
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Biomass briquettes are a biofuel substitute made of biodegradable green waste with lower emissions of greenhouses gases and carbon dioxide than traditional...
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Biomass partitioning is the process by which plants divide their energy among their leaves, stems, roots, and reproductive parts. These four main components...
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Lignocellulose refers to plant dry matter (biomass), so called lignocellulosic biomass. It is the most abundantly available raw material on the Earth...
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Biomass to liquid (BtL or BMtL) is a multi-step process of producing synthetic hydrocarbon fuels made from biomass via a thermochemical route. According...
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Biofuel (redirect from Biomass fuel)
Biofuel is a fuel that is produced over a short time span from biomass, rather than by the very slow natural processes involved in the formation of fossil...
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Drax Power Station (section Biomass)
Drax power station is a large biomass power station in Drax, North Yorkshire, England. It has a 2.6 GW capacity for biomass and had a 1.29 GW capacity for...
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Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (redirect from Biomass energy with carbon capture and storage)
capture and storage (BECCS) is the process of extracting bioenergy from biomass and capturing and storing as much as possible of the resulting CO2, thereby...
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Gasification (redirect from Biomass gasification)
Gasification is a process that converts biomass- or fossil fuel-based carbonaceous materials into gases, including as the largest fractions: nitrogen...
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Tsumeb Biomass Power Station, also Otjikoto Biomass Power Station, is a 40 MW (54,000 hp) biomass-fired thermal power plant under development in Namibia...
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Briquette (section Biomass briquettes)
spelled briquet) is a compressed block of coal dust or other combustible biomass material (e.g. charcoal, sawdust, wood chips, peat, or paper) used for...
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Energy crop (redirect from Biomass energy crop)
use can only be accomplished by using genetically modified crops. Solid biomass, often pelletized, is used for combustion in thermal power stations, either...
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Pellet fuel (redirect from Biomass pellets)
material. Pellets can be made from any one of five general categories of biomass: industrial waste and co-products, food waste, agricultural residues, energy...
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Energy in India (redirect from Biomass in India)
use with biomass where surplus agriculture/crop residue biomass is burnt in the fields causing pollution problems. As traditional use of biomass is being...
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Biomass allocation is a concept in plant biology which indicates the relative proportion of plant biomass present in the different organs of a plant....
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Biomass heating systems generate heat from biomass. The systems may use direct combustion, gasification, combined heat and power (CHP), anaerobic digestion...
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Torrefaction (section Added value of torrefied biomass)
Torrefaction of biomass, e.g., wood or grain, is a mild form of pyrolysis at temperatures typically between 200 and 320 °C. Torrefaction changes biomass properties...
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The Willow Biomass Project is a collaborative effort by members of the Salix Consortium to grow willow and other sustainable woody crops in upstate New...
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The Šiauliai Biomass Power Plant is a biomass combined heat and power plant in Šiauliai, Lithuania. It supplies heat to almost half of Šiauliai and creates...
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Electricity sector in India (redirect from Biomass power in India)
electricity from biomass. Biomass contains substantial oxygen and lesser ash to make retrofitting of old units less capital intensive. Biomass power plants...
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Refuse-derived fuel (redirect from Biomass-derived fuel)
Kingdom. Biomass is considered to be carbon-neutral since the CO2 liberated from the combustion of biomass is recycled in plants. The combusted biomass fraction...
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Renewable energy in South Africa (redirect from Biomass in South Africa)
naturally replenish themselves—such as sunlight, wind, tides, waves, rain, biomass, and geothermal heat. Renewable energy focuses on four core areas: electricity...
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Nonfood crop (redirect from Non-food biomass)
A nonfood crop, also known as industrial crop, is a crop grown to produce goods for manufacturing, for example fibre for clothing, rather than food for...
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organisms, but given their generally much larger size, their collective global biomass is much larger than that of prokaryotes. The eukaryotes seemingly emerged...
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Indian biomass-based renewable energy company involved in biomass aggregation and supply chain management. The company provides fuel to biomass power plants...
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