Science Hurumanu - Biomass

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Renewable Energy film

Biomass

Aim: To compare the amount of gas that is produced from different types of biomass.

Material:

1.   Bottles (x3)
2.   Permanent marker
3.   Disposable gloves
4.   Cup
5.   Fresh horse manure
6.   Mashed banana
7.   Funnel
8.   Water
9.   Balloons (x3)
10.   Vegetable peelings.

Steps:

1.   Take off the label for all 3 bottles
2.   Label each bottle. (Horse Manure, Horse Manure and Mashed Banana, Horse Manure and Vegetable Peelings.
3.  Place 1 cup of Manure in each bottle. 
4.  Place 1 cup of Vegetable peelings in 1 bottle.
5.  Place 1 mashed Banana in the bottle.
6.   Fill each bottle with water.
7.  Put a balloon on top

   

Investigation.

Research the following Biomass fuels. You will need to:

Write a definition of the fuel.

Write 8 sentences about the fuel. 

• How is it made? 
• Where is it made? 
• What is it made with? 
• What countries use it? 
• What uses will it have in the future?  

Place 1 image of the fuel.

Biomass Fuel types.

Name: Agricultural crops and wood fuels.

Definition: 

Agricultural crops such as miscanthus and straw from cereal crops can be used as fuel for production of heat. Herbaceous material has a different composition from wood and its combustion must be handled with different wood

Research: 

Wood Biomass is the main source of wood energy in New Zealand. It comes in a number of different forms like Firewood, shavings, sawdust, wood chips, agricultural crops and bark.

Uses: you can use it for wood for the fire or paper because wood chips are made out off paper. 

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Name: Animal waste.

Definition: Animal waste has another name called Manure. Manure is a organic matter, mostly derived animal feces. 

Research: Animal waste are commonly considered the excreted materials from living animals. Under certain conditions, the waste may include straw, hay, wood, shavings and or other organic debris.

Uses: Animals waste can be used for a gardening fertiliser. 

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Name: Bio gas

Definition: Bio gas is the mixture of gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen.

Research: Bio gas can be made from raw materials like Agricultural waste, manure, plant material, sewage, green or food waste. 

Uses: Bio gas methane, hydrogen and carbon monoxide can be combusted or combined with oxygen. This type of energy releases bio gas to be used as a fuel. it can be used for any type of heating like cooking.  

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Name: Bio fuels

Definition: A bio fuel is a type of fuel that is produced through contemporary processes from biomass. 

rather than a fuel produced by the very slow geological processes involved in the formation of fossil fuels, such as oil.

Research: Rather than a fuel produced by the way slow geological processes involved in the formation from fossil fuels, such as oil.

Uses: Biofuels can be a transportation fuels like ethanol and bio diesel that are made from biomass materials.

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