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Operation and Control of Renewable Energy Systems
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Operation and Control of Renewable Energy Systems

by Mukhtar Ahmad
December 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
384 pages
13h 7m
English
Wiley
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Chapter 8Biomass Energy Systems

8.1 Biomass Energy

The term biomass is used for materials derived from plants and animals, including their wastes and residues. Biomass is produced by green plants that use the energy of sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into simple sugar and oxygen. The energy obtained from biomass is known as biomass energy. Photosynthesis is fundamental to the conversion of solar radiation into stored biomass energy. The initial energy in the biomass system is obtained from solar radiation in the form of photosynthesis. In plants, algae and certain types of bacteria, the photosynthetic process results in the release of molecular oxygen and the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere that is used to synthesize carbohydrates (oxygenic photosynthesis). This conversion process consists of a series of chemical reactions that require carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) and store chemical energy in the form of sugar. Light energy from the Sun drives these reactions. Oxygen (O2) is a by-product of photosynthesis and is released into the atmosphere. The following equation summarizes photosynthesis:

8.1 equation

The reaction produces c08-math-002 which is glucose and oxygen which is released into atmosphere. The theoretical achievable efficiency of conversion is limited by ...

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