Biomass

Basics

- Any source of material (usually in a fuel context) that is directly biologically sourced

Non-Processed Biomass Types

Wood

- Either hardwood, softwood, or bamboo

- Can be burned as is, used for structual work, be made into paper, or made into some of the products listed below

Misc. Organic Matter

- Such as leaves, agricultural waste (ie corn husks etc), etc

- Can be burned as is, composted, put into a biodigester, or made into some of the products listed below

Partally Processed Biomass Types

Sawdust

- Wood either ground into sawdust as a byproduct of another process (such as using the Sawmill), or only for the purpose of making sawdust

- Can be used as is, or made into additional products listed below

Sawdust Pellets

- Is sawdust run through a pellet mill

- Is uniform in size, moisture content, and is very easy to store + measure

Sawdust Briquette

- Is sawdust pressed into a briquette

- Is similar to the Sawdust pellets, but larger, and thus they have a longer burn time

Sawdust Brick

- Is sawdust pressed into a brick

- May use a variation of the CEB Press

Charcoal Dust

- Charcoal that has been powderized

- Either used for chemistry, or in a charcoal dust burner

Charcoal Pellets

- Either sawdust pellets that hae been made into charcoal, or dust compressed into pellets

Charcoal Briquettes

- Either sawdust briquettes that have been made into charcoal, or charcoal dust compressed into a briquette

Charcoal Bricks

- Either sawdust bricks that have been made into charcoal, or charcoal dust that has been compressed into bricks

Biomass to Fuel Products

Biodigester Gas

- A mixtue of methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and water vapor

- Obtained directly from biodigesters

Methane

- Pure (or near pure) Methane Gas

- Obtained by filtering and drying Biodigester Gas

Ethanol

- Obtained by fermenting either sugar, or carbohydrate heavy biomass (such as sugarcane and corn), or by using pure sugar

Methanol

- Obtained (although in smaller ammounts) by fermenting either sugar, or carbohydrate heavy biomass (such as sugarcane and corn), or by using pure sugar

- Can also be obtained by destructive distillation of biomass (this is how it earned it's name "wood alchohol"), or by reacting pure methane with

• • Methanol can be made from methane via the following process Listed Here

Dimethyl Ether

- Dimethyl Ether can be made from Methanol This Details How

Bio-Gasoline

- Can be made by Catalytically Converting Dimethyl Ether to Hydrocarbons such as Gasoline This Details How

Cellulose to Sugar

- This is useful for ethanol fermentaion

- Cellulose to Sugar with low energy but expensive materials