Introduction - Types of Bio-resources - Potential - Characteristic of Bioresources
- Origin, characteristics, use, cost, advantages and disadvantages of
different biomass resources: agricultural energy crops, woody crops/trees,
crop residues, forest residues and thinning, and animal waste. technologies for
producing biofuels such as ethanol, biodiesel and bio-oils, including corn-toethanol,
sugar cane to ethanol (Brazil), biodiesel from oil crops like soybeans,
ethanol from ligno-cellulosic biomass, and bio-oils from fast pyrolysis of
fibrous biomass. Costs, uses and markets for biofuels. Technology and
Applications (Thermal, Chemical and Biochemical Conversion). technologies
for producing biopower, including combustion and/or gasification – steam or
gas turbines, fuel cells, and anaerobic digestion of manures to produce
methane.