1. Biomass as an Energy Resource 1

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5. What is this? How much of this do you eat? 5

6. Rice 6

7. Rice husk 1 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! 7

8. Lumber Logs Pulp Logs Slash Bundles Tree Harvesting 8

9. Forest Products From Lumber LogsFrom Pulp Logs 9

10. Chipping Wood Chipping Machine 10

11. Saw mill Harvested Logs Saw dust from sawmill Wood chips from forestry waste Paper Mill Biomass power and heat plant Bringing it all together…with no waste! Electricity and Steam are used by the Paper Mill 11

12. Biogas from Poop to Power 12

13. Farms can be dirty places 13

14. Making food can leave behind a lot of nasty waste 14

15. Food or animal waste ferments in the pond, releasing methane gas Methane is highly flammable!! 15

16. Conversion to Energy and Fuel 16

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18. Pipes filled with water are heated to make steam Inside a biomass steam boiler Fire heats the water 18

19. Boiler Steam Turbine 19

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21. Biomass conversion 1.Physical conversions 2.Thermal conversions 3.Chemical conversions 4.Microbial conversions 5.Biochemical conversions 6.Natural conversions 21

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