EARTH SCIENCE

DE GUZMAN, JHANELLA MIRE T. XI STEM – ARISTOTLE

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY-PHILIPPINES PERFORMANCE TASK

THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION

The regulated heating and possibly oxidation of biomass as part of numerous processes to produce intermediate energy carriers or heat is
known as thermochemical conversion. The thermochemical conversion of biomass is not primarily used for chemical synthesis. The major
motivator for this conversion process, which comprises four basic pathways. Combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, and liquefaction is the
production of thermal energy.

Combustion is the process of converting high-temperature exothermic oxidation to hot flue gas in an oxygen-rich environment. Carbonization
is a term that refers to a variety of methods that enhance the carbon content of organic materials through thermochemical degradation.
Gasification, unlike combustion, entails chemical processes in an oxygen-depleted atmosphere to produce product gases with high heating
values. Pyrolysis is the process of rapidly heating something in the absence of oxygen. The big molecules of solid feedstock are broken into
liquids with smaller molecules during liquefaction. This takes place in the presence of a catalyst at a lower temperature.

Thermochemical techniques for converting agricultural biomass to energy appear to be promising and viable at the moment. The advantage
of thermochemical conversion over other methods is that it is more productive and compatible with existing infrastructure.