1. By Jordan Parrott and Michael Webb
Biomass
By Jordan Parrott and Michael Webb

2. Biomass Facts Biomass is one of the oldest forms of energy.
Biomass is a renewable form of energy.
It is the ultimate recycling machine
Biomass can be transported many different ways but it will usually depend on the biomass type/form, quantity, amount, and who it’s going to.
Biomass is anything that is/once was alive. (it obtains its energy from the sun)
It is a waste eliminator. We can take waste and burn it for electricity, to create energy, and other forms of fuel.
Biomass can be harvested and grown again unlike coal, oil, and gas

3. Categories of Biomass Materials
According to
Virgin wood, from forestry, arboricultural activities or from wood processing
Virgin wood consists of wood and other products such as bark and sawdust which have had no chemical treatments or finishes applied
Energy crops: high yield crops grown specifically for energy applications
Energy crops are grown specifically for use as fuel and offer high output per hectare with low inputs
Agricultural residues: residues from agriculture harvesting or processing
Agricultural residues are of a wide variety of types, and the most appropriate energy conversion technologies and handling protocols vary from type to type
Food waste, from food and drink manufacture, preparation and processing, and post-consumer waste
There are residues and waste at all points in the food supply chain from initial production, through processing, handling and distributions to post-consumer waste from hotels, restaurants and individual houses
Industrial waste and co-products from manufacturing and industrial processes.
Many industrial processes and manufacturing operations produce residues, waste or co- products that can potentially be used or converted to biomass fuel

4. Risks and Benefits Risks Benefits
Sustainability, the amount of biomass being used has to be able to not deplete the current supply of crops being used so it does not require even more in the future.
While Biomass doesn’t emit CO2 it does emit methane gas which is very harmful to the earths ozone layer.
Biomass is very expensive and requires more of it to do the same amount of some fossil fuels.
Biomass generally does not emit any carbon dioxide so it provides clean energy.
Those who use Biomass get tax credit from the government.
Biomass is plentiful and renewable meaning as long as we can make it we have a source of energy in the future.

5. Emerging Technology Envergent Gasification Thermochemical Conversion
According to “Envergent Technologies, a UOP joint venture with Ensyn, offers a practical and commercially proven path to green energy. RTP™, or rapid thermal processing technology, is a fast thermal conversion process used to convert cellulosic biomass feedstock, usually forestry or agricultural residuals, into RTP green fuel—a light, pourable, clean-burning liquid biofuel.”
Gasification
Use of high temperature and controlled environment that converts biomass into gas
Thermochemical Conversion
Used for converting biomass into fuel gases and chemicals

6. Hydrolysis - a reaction involving the breaking of a bond in a molecule using water. The reaction mainly occurs between an ion and water molecules and often changes the pH of a solution.
Pyrolysis -  a thermochemical decomposition of organic material at elevated temperatures in the absence of oxygen
Transesterification – deals with organic chemistry

7. Work Cited
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