 Biomass is waste material from plants or

animals
 It is not used for food or feed.
 It can be waste from farming or horticulture ,
food processing , animal farming, or human
waste from sewage plants.
 It is used in various industrial processes, like
energy production or as raw materials for
manufacturing chemicals.
 It is composed typically
Cellulose (50%)
Hemi cellulose (25%)
Lignin (25%)
 Gasification
Exposing a solid fuel to high temperatures
and limited oxygen produces biogas.
 Pyrolysis

Heating the biomass can produce pyrolysis

oil and phenol oil leaving charcoal.
 Digestion

Bacteria, in an oxygen-starved environment

can produce methane.
 Fermentation
Bio-material that is used to manufacture
Ethanol and Biodiesel by an anaerobic
biological process in which sugars are
converted to alcohol by the action of micro-
organisms, usually yeast.
 Solid Fuel Combustion
Direct combustion of solid matter.
 Biomass energy is recovered using steam and
pressure to separate and clean MSW
(municipal solid waste) into high quality
biomass.

 The material is removed from the process

vessel. Then it is sorted form the recyclable
materials using shaker screens.

 The Biomass falls through the screens.

 Recyclable materials are recovered and the
remainder (less than 20%) is sent to the
landfills.
 Next a sustainable amount of volatile organic
compounds are removed avoiding release
into the atmosphere.
 This process recovers up to 80-90% of
Biomass material.