Category: Biomass Heating
Can biomass be used for captive power generation for industries?
Category: Bio, Biomass Heating, Biomass Power, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin September 3, 2016
Biomass (see What is Biomass?) is available in most parts of the world in plenty. And a good amount of it, in the form of crop waste and forest residues, is available at low costs for use for heat...Read more
What the heck are biomass pellets, and how are they different from briquettes?
Category: Advanced, Biomass Heating, ProfessionAuthor : Admin September 2, 2016
Biomass can be used in a variety of forms. (For those who wish to know what biomass is, here is my post on what it is). While some sectors use biomass in its natural form (stalks, saw dust, ground nut...Read more
How is charcoal made from biomass?
Category: Agro Waste, Bio, Biomass Heating, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 28, 2016
When you burn wood incompletely, you would have seen the black residue left behind. This is charcoal. So, that kind of explains how you make charcoal: Incomplete combustion of biomass! Technically, ch...Read more
I smell some gas near a landfill. What gas is it? Why is it coming out of the landfill?
Category: Bio, Biomass Heating, Biomass Power, Lifestyle, Moderate, Profession, Solid Waste, Waste to EnergyAuthor : Admin August 28, 2016
So you live very close to a landfill and you smell a rotten-smelling gas occasionally? You don’t need to be a Sherlock Holmes to guess what this gas could be. Ten to one, what you are getting is...Read more
How can biotech students contribute to cleantech?
Category: Bio, Biofuels, Biomass Heating, Biomass Power, Biomass to Liquids, Biopolymers, Education, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 28, 2016
While to many, the subject of cleantech appears to be something esoteric, in reality, cleantech touches every aspect of our lives that science and technology touches. See this post and this for some d...Read more
What are energy plantations and why are they needed?
Category: Advanced, Agriculture, Agro Waste, Bio, Biomass Heating, Biomass Power, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 14, 2016
You would have heard about coconut plantations, palm plantations, rubber plantations and the like. But – energy plantations? Well, ugh, are these some super natural plantations that guzzle out ...Read more
What is pyrolysis and what are its benefits?
Category: Advanced, Agriculture, Biomass Heating, Biomass to Liquids, ProfessionAuthor : Admin April 12, 2016
Those working in the field of bio-energy regularly come across the term Pyrolysis. What does it mean, and what are its benefits? Pyrolysis refers to heating of biomass to a high temperature, but with ...Read more