Biomass Energysources

Biomass Energy Sources: (E85-Biogas-Biodiesel-Wood chips-Pellets)

Proposal of a Biomass Power Plant to produce Heat-Electricity-Cooling for 6000 Inhabitants

Proposal of a Biomass Power Plant to produce Heat-Electricity-Cooling for 6000 Inhabitants



The solar radiation which is bound year after year biologically in the form of biomass corresponds to about 50 million metric tons of crude oil.
However, the momentary primary power demand of mankind lies by approx. 9.7 milliard metric tons a year.
Of course only a small part of the biomass fuel harvested can be supplied to a use, because of ecological, technical and economic reasons.
However, even the already available biomass quantities with very good qualities of utilization are more than enough.

Besides comes the fact that the biomass power is distributed substantially more even on earth than oil.

Wath this video below to see an overview about the biomass sources.

The automobile industry in the meantime places emphasis on BTL fuels (biomass to liquid).
They are looked at by the automobile industry as a great future option.

BTL fuels, which are often called “SunFuel” (Biomass fuel), are seen as the future, but it is recognized that different raw materials can be also used.
The spectrum reaches here from straw, bio-rubbish (bio-waste) and scrap wood, to biomass power plants which are planted specially for biomass fuel production where the whole biomass plant can be used.

Only already half of the unused biomass fuel in German woods {forests} would be enough as a resource for eleven large-scale industrial SunFuel Stations or to the production of about 2.5 million metric tons of SunFuel. And on agricultural lands 20 million metric tons of straw are wasted into the ground yearly, enough for the production of 4 million metric tons SunFuel or 14% of the German diesel consumption.

By the application of only 10% of the German arable land, other three to six million metric tons Sunfuel can be grown and harvested, whether trough traditional or innovative cultivation methods.

The whole freely available bio renewable energy potential of Germany, 30 million tons of crude oil unities could be replaced, without endangering the environment.

Wath the video below for to know Biomass at all

Different biofuels {biocombustibles}:

1.”E85″

An interest in alternative is developed with “E85″, the petrol from 85% Ethanol and 15% of petrol, e.g., from the “Südzucker-Bioethanol GmbH” from Germany and is produced from sugar beets and grain and is excluded from that menacing taxation.
“E85″ is lasting, poor in emission, economical and from high-quality (octane number 110, in the comparison superpetrol = 95-98).
There are already cars which can fill up with this fuel (Ford-Saab-Volvo-Toyota).

These are “Flecible Fuel Vehicles” which can run on E85 as well as petrol.

The extra charge of the vehicles usually does not amount for more than 300 €.
E85 is sold in Germany for just 82 cent.
It is true, that the cars consume 30% more fuel; however, they have also a 30% greater energy.

Nevertheless, the savings of money lie on 50,000 km between 1000 and 2000 €, depending on vehicle type and model.

2.”Cold-pressed vegetable oil” as a biomass fuel:

Suitable oils are for ex. sunflowers oil, soy-bean oil, rapeseed oil or linseed oil.
Vegetable oil as an engine fuel has a very good energy balance.
Thus, the cultivation and the harvest need about 10% of the energy which is in the oil, the pressing of the oil another 3%. That leaves a full 87% of energy that pollutes nature less.
To pursue a diesel engine with vegetable oil, you should know vegetable oil works the same as diesel fuel, except that, pure vegetable oil is thicker than diesel and owns a higher ignition temperature, but one can influence these qualities by warming the vegetable oil up respectively, in return the viscosity and ignition willingness become roughly the same as the diesel.
One can carry out the necessary rebuilding himself.

The result of the engine is equivalent with vegetable oil if not slightly better like diesel.

Watch the video below !!! And you will believe me!!!

3.”Biodiesel:”

For many years biodiesel already proved its everyday suitability as a combustible at least in Germany for drivers and naval operators.
The advantages of biodiesel lie in the fact that in the engines no changes must be done.

The diminished emissions output, less injurious exhaust gases by good ignition qualities and fuel qualities, diminished engine wear by excellent lubrication ability, a well developed filling station net, at least in Germany, the protection of workplaces in the country and the reduction of the import dependence biodiesels do the biofuel{biocombustible} matter the most nowadays. Only in Germany more than 1 million metric tons of rapeseed oil are produced yearly and processed in biodiesel plant to biodiesel.

Watch this video below for a possibility of homemade biodiesel.

4.”Wood” as a heat supplier

Approx. 1/3 of the yearly waste wood remains unused and this in Germany only.
In other countries it’s even more.
This amount shows a potential to use wood in the future even more at the heating source.
There are, in the forest management, considerable quantities of inferior wood not being sold, even if they are often usable only for energy purposes.

a. great comfort with the pellet fuel

The production of wood pellets: woodsheds and shavings are strongly condensed in the saw
works and pressed to small little roles of 6 mms of diameter.
To reach the maximum heating result, heating appliances have been developed that reach excellent efficiencies.
There would be the wood pellet stoves which emit with their visible flaming a lot of comfort and hold the desired temperature for many days with their available fuel stock.

Even more comfortable, Pellet-central-heating whit it’s automatic fuel and heat distribution.
The place needed for the storage of the peeling is about the same as for the storage of fuel.
Nice thing is that the prices of wood pellets are estimated to be stable for the future.
To produce wood pellets with your own system independently and on top of that, not only out of wood, but, for example, also from your lawn, reed etc. you can read more here:

Watch the video below for wood pellet system

b) A better, cheaper, bigger solution (in need of a storage surface), is the use of wood chips.

Wood chips are produced with the help of a shredder of waste wood and weak wood, for example, from wood which is not suited for the industrial wood production.
The size: from the size matches to cigarettes boxes.
Today wood chips heating systems have matured technically a lot and take second place to oil or gas arrangements, having the same comfort level.
The loading occurs similar to that of the wood pellet, with a steel snail or a hydraulic push device.
The result of a boiler fueled by wood chips can be regulated, according to the fuel quality up to 30%.
A demand fuel supply and an automatically regulated air supply allow a steady efficiency with the slightest emission.
There are arrangements, from single-family homes, to small and big cities.
The most modern biomass power plant are fueled with wood chips.

c) Heat with wood pieces

Tiled, massive stoves are very popular, because of their delayed radiation capabilities and the fact that they only have to be loaded once or twice a day.
If you need even more comfort, you can use a piece wood central heating. This is used mainly in areas where up to 60 kW are needed.
In a special article I will point to energy supply units with electricity – heat a combined heat and power unit which is the new answer to the conventional boilers for wooden chips heating.

Links to other Why Go Green – Energy Sources:
Why Go Green – Wind Power
Why Go Green – Geotherm Energy
Why Go Green – Photovoltaic System
Why Go Green – Biogas Technology
Why Go Green – CHP=Compined Heat-Power Plant
Why Go Green – Solarcell