Biomass+Power

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= "Burn Notice" =

By Jen Krentzman and Jillian Sun
= Biomass is an organic matter, most often plant matter, = = that can be converted into fuel and is therefore = = regarded as a potential energy source. =



The rotation cartoon above is showing how biodiesel helps the earth. The picture can start about anywhere in the process. [12]

**//__"From Biomass to Chemicals in One Step"__//** This article is about how you are able to convert biomass into different chemicals that can be found in gasoline.
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This cycle is showing how bioethanol is useful, reusable and easily manageable in the world. [13]

//** Vocabulary :**// ~Biodiesel- A biofuel made from vegetable oil, using the dried weight of plants to make the biodiesel [4] ~Bioenergy- Energy produced by biomass, harvested crops are asily harvested to make bioenergy, renewable [3] ~Bioethanol (ethanol)- A form of alcohol used as a biofuel, made from plants, renewable [3] ~Biofuel- A fuel produced by biomass, renewable energy sources [3] ~Biomass- All plant and animal matter especially used as fuel, mainly burned into heat energy and make the carbon dioxide [3] ~Geothermal- Produced by heat inside the earth, renewable and sustainable power source that comes from the heat generated by the earth [9] ~hydrocarbon- a chemical compound containing hydrogen carbon, makes more efficient fuel than regular biofuels [10] ~photosynthesis- the process that plants use to make their own food from carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water, important to make different types of fuel [3]

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This YouTube video is about how scientists at U Mass Amherst are turning "woody biomass" into fuels you can use in your car.

The Steps To Biomass Power ://** 1. Biomass (such as cornstalk, wood, etc.) is shredded up into small pieces, and decompressed, so it is a dirt like texture (this makes it easier to transform into fuel)[16]. 2. This ground up biomass is heated up until it breaks up into smaller particles and converts itself into liquid (a biofuel)[15]. 3. The fuel is then put into a machine's engine (i.e. a car engine) and the engine mixes the fuel with air[16]. 4. With just the right amount of air in the fuel, sparks are created. These miniature combustions power the machine[14].

Cool Link : http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/index.html?quid=1056 This web page explains how bio fuel powers a car, one of the ways that biomass power works.


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 * Light and heat energy, from the sun, it transformed into chemical potential energy, which makes plants grow and keeps animals alive. The plants and/or animals are biomass[3].
 * The chemical potential energy in the biomass is turned into kinetic energy, because once the biomass has heated up, it starts to break down and all the particles are rearranging themselves[15].
 * This kinetic energy, from transformation into liquid, is also turned into heat energy when it is in use inside the engine. The heat and kinetic energy form mini explosions inside the engine, which is then transferred into kinetic energy again, to make the machine's parts move[14].

This video is about how a scientist was able to discover a new way of making and producing ethanol. He uses garden garbage and uses that to create a special kind of ethanol.


 * // Advantages ://**
 * In the process of making the biofuels, carbon dioxide is recycled, from the plants into the air, then back into the plants, etc[2].
 * Fuel made from biomass is much cheaper than oil, and more organic than gasoline, etc (in some cases it is up to twelve times cheaper!)[16].
 * Biomass is inexhaustable fuel source and the cycles of making biomass can be used in different ways to help stop, slowly, global warming.
 * biomass products and biomass plants are available around the world.


 * // Disadvantages ://**
 * It takes more effort to convert, for example, vegetable oil into bio diesel, than to drill for oil[15].
 * If burned directly, it can cause global warming.


 * //Footnotes://**

[1] __Learning About Renewable Energy__. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 9 Feb 2010. 

[2] __About Biomass: What is Biomass Power?__ Biomass Power Association. 2009. 

[3] "Biomass Power". Morris, Neil. Smart Apple Media: 2007.

[4] [|http://www.altenews.com/biomass.htm] [5]

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[14] __Series of Explotions Pushes Pistons in Order to Move Car__. Crovati, Rodrigo. Cornell Center for Materials Research. 14 Sep 2005. 

[15] University of Florida Develops Cellulosic Ethanol Green Gold for Clean Energy. EnterpriseFlorida. 29 Sep 2010. 

[16] Scientists Turn Wood into Fuel. DiscoveryNetworks. 31 Oct 2008. 