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Submitted by:
Alistair Ray Miado | BSME-5 |
Submitted to:
Engr. Hernani Samson
I.
Biomass is biological material obtained from living or recently living plant matter
that can be processed into electricity, fuel and heat. Biomass has been used for
thousands of years and there are many forms available. Biomass is a form of stored
solar energy. It is organic, plant-based material which absorbs carbon dioxide from
the atmosphere throughout its lifetime. When biomass is burnt carbon is released
into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. If biomass is managed on a sustainable
basis it is harvested as part of a constantly replenished crop. This maintains a
closed carbon cycle with no net increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
Alholmens
Kraft Power
Station
Buildwas,
Shropshire, England
Alholmen,
Jakobstad,
Ostrobothnia
region, Finland
September 2012
1932
2001
1320 MW
600 MW
265 MW
Wood Pellet
Wood Pellet
Forest Residue
Secondary Fuel
Primary Fuel
Primary Fuel
DRAX POWER
STATION
Location
Date
Commisione
d
Design
Capacity
Biomass
Purpose of
Biomass
II.
ITAIPU DAM
XILUODU DAM
Location
Yangtze River,
Sandouping, Yiling
District, Yichang,
Hubei province,
China.
Xiluodu ,Yongshan
County, Yunnan
Province, China to
Leibo County
,Sichuan Province,
China
Date of
Construction
January 1975
December 2005
Date
Commisione
d
III.
2003
May 5 ,1984
July 2013
Type of Dam
Gravity dam
Combination
gravity, buttress
and embankment
sections
Double-curvature
arch, concrete
Nameplate
Capacity
22.5 GW
14 GW
13.86 GW
Hydraulic
Head
80.6m
118m
72m
Average
Generation
87 TWh/yr
89.5 TWh/yr
55.2 TWh/yr
IV.
DATZETAL II
DEINSTEDT I
DARMSTADT
Location
Mecklenburgische
Seenplatte,
MecklenburgVorpommern,
Germany
Deinstedt, Germany
Darmstadt, Hesse,
Germany
Date of
Commission
2011
2001
2007
Electric
Installed
Capacity
920 KW
900 KW
600 KW
Feedstock
cattle slurry,
renewable raw
material
renewable raw
material
pig slurry,
renewable raw
material
technology is that waves have too much energy. Wave energy is generally
considered to be the most concentrated and least variable form of renewable
energy. It is the high power density of wave energy that suggests it has the capacity
to become the lowest cost renewable energy source.
Wave energy is a renewable, zero emission source of power. As water is about
800 times denser than air, the energy density of waves exceeds that of wind many
times over, dramatically increasing the amount of energy available. Waves are
predictable days in advance, making it easy to match supply and demand.
AGUCADOURA
WAVE FARM
ISLAY LIMPET
Location
5 km (3 mi) offshore
near Pvoa de
Varzim north of
Porto, Portugal
Claddach Farm
,Rhinns of Islay,
island of Islay,
Scotland
Date of
Commission
2008
2000
2009
Electric
Installed
Capacity
2.25 MW
0.5 MW
0.3 MW
Type of
Wave Farm
Surface-following
attenuator
Oscillating Water
Column
breakwater wave
power plant
BREAKWATER
WAVE PLANT
II
CELLULOSIC
ETHANOL
Cellulosic ethanol is chemically identical to first
generation bioethanol (i.e. CH3CH2OH). However, it is
produced from different raw materials via a more
complex process (cellulose hydrolysis). In contrast to
first generation bioethanol, which is derived from sugar
or starch produced by food crops (e.g. wheat, corn,
sugar beet, sugar cane, etc), cellulosic ethanol may be
produced from agricultural residues (e.g. straw, corn
stover), other lignocellulosic raw materials (e.g. wood
chips) or energy crops (miscanthus, switchgrass, etc).
These lignocellulosic raw materials are more
abundant and generally considered to be more
sustainable, however they need to be broken down
(hydrolysed) into simple sugars prior to distillation. This
may be achieved using either acid or enzyme hydrolysis.
Sources:
http://www.reenergyholdings.com/renewable-energy/what-is-biomass/
http://global.mongabay.com/news/bioenergy/
http://www.thinkglobalgreen.org/WAVEPOWER.html
http://www.c2es.org/technology/factsheet/EGS
http://www.c2es.org/technology/factsheet/CellulosicEthanol
http://poet.com/cellulosic