renewable energy sources: biomass and biogas what is biomass? organic matter produced by...
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Renewable Energy Sources: Biomass
and Biogas
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What is BIOMASS?
• Organic matter produced by photosynthetic producers
• Total dry weight of all living organisms at each trophic level
in a food web
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METHODS OF USING BIOMASS
ENERGY • Method #1
–Burning Biomass to create heat
• Method #2–Gaseous Biofuels–Liquid Biofuels
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Method #1 - Burning
• Dung, Reeds, Wood, Trash
• Biomass must not be removed faster than can be replaced
• Developing countries
• Burning takes nutrients from fields
Cow Pie Anyone?
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More Dung
Dung Beetle
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METHOD #2• Convert solid biomass
into gas and liquid biofuels
• Ethanol– distilled and
fermented grains• Methanol
– prod. from sewage sludge, wood, agricultural wastes, garbage & coal
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• Grain stocks (corn) can be fermented by bacteria (yeast) which can then be burned as fuel
• Cons: pesticides, fertilizers, CO2 emissions, land could be used for food!
Ethanol = Ethyl
Alcohol
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Traditional Ethanol vs New Algae
• Traditional: corn fermentation
• New: algae make ethanol. Same process use algae instead of corn to ferment by
yeast.
• Algae can be farmed and harvested in smaller facilities.
• Algae: Sargassum, Glacilaria
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Biogas - Landfills• Fieldtrip to a Conn. Methane
Recovery Plant• Uses local solid waste for biogas
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Old Landfill Mound• “Capped” landfill mound• Methane bubble trapped beneath
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Gas Extraction Wells
• Wells are on top of mounds
• Collect methane/ other biogases
• Gas pressure constantly checked
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Gas Compressor• Concentrates methane
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Turbine for Electricity
• Gas mixture burned
• Generates steam; turns turbine
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PROS - BIOMASS
• A renewable resource if managed
• CO2 levels have no net increase
• Makes use of agric. or timber wastes.
• Much biomass supply
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Disadvantages of Biomass
• Use plantations to grow wood use pesticides, fertilizers which pollutes drinking water.
• Soil erosion sedimentation• Little nutrients go back in soil. • Loss of habitat for orgs.
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Air Pollutants
• Wood smoke contains PM and HCs– ex bronchitis,
emphysema, cancer
– 820 estimated deaths per yr
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ETHANOL
PROS• High octane• Emission
reduction of carbon dioxide
• Reduction of CO• Potentially
renewable
CONS• Negative net energy• Larger fuel tank need• High cost• Competition 4 land• Smog formation• Corrosive• Hard to start in cold
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METHANOL
PROS• High octane• Emission
reduction of carbon dioxide
• Reduction of total air pollution 30%-40%
CONS• Large fuel tank need• Corrosive on metal,
rubber & plastic• Increased emissions of
formaldehyde• Hard to start in cold• High cost• Created by coal = high
CO2 emissions