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Non Conventional Energy Sources
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17. Bio-Energy or Bio-mass
Biogas is a good fuel. Have you thought how this is formed? Biomass like animal excreta, vegetable wastes and
weeds undergo decomposition in the absence of oxygen in a biogas plant and form a mixture of gases. This mixture
is the biogas. Its main constituent is methane. This is used as a fuel for cooking and Lighting.
18. Aerobic and anaerobic bio-conversion process
a. Bioproducts: Converting biomass into chemicals for making products that typically are made from petroleum.
b. Biofuels: Converting biomass into liquid fuels for transportation.
c. Biopower: Burning biomass directly, or converting it into a gaseous fuel or oil, to generate electricity.
19. Bio-mass source
a. Manure
b. Crop residues
c. Fuel wood
d. Sugar crops
e. Urban refuse: paper, yard and food wastes
f. Municipal sewage-sewage sludge: 0.02 0.03% solids, above 99% water
g. Aquatic plants: water hyacinth
h. Energy farming: denthrothermal or energy crops
1. Fast-growing trees: ipil-ipil
2. Sugar and starch crops: cassava in ethanol production
3. Oil and hydrocarbon crops: coconut oil
4. Herbaceous crops
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