1st Edition
The Brilliance of Bioenergy In Business and In Practice
By Ralph E H Sims
Copyright 2002
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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The time for modern biomass has come. It has long been overshadowed by other, more widely-publicized renewable energy technologies such as wind, solar and hydro, and still retains an outmoded image in comparison to its apparently more attractive cousins.
The potential for biomass to act as a store of solar energy, and yet to be converted efficiently when required into heat, power, transport fuels... Read more
Preface * What is Biomass and What is Bioenergy * The Woody Biomass Resource * The Non-woody Biomass Resource * The Supply Chain: Harvesting, Transport and Processing * Thermochemical Conversion by Combustion and The Steam Cycle * Thermochemical Conversion by Gasification and Pyrolysis * Biochemical Conversion of Wet Biomass * Cogeneration of Combined Heat and Power * Biofuels for Transport from the Biochemical Conversion of Biomass * Small-scale Bioenergy Systems: Present and Future * The Future Potential for Bioenergy and the Barriers * References and Bibliography * Index
Biography
Ralph Sims has had over 25 years of biomass project development and research experience, growing energy crops, testing transport biofuels, operating gasifiers, industry consulting, providing government policy advice, and supervising many post-graduate students. He was a Lead Author for the IPCC Third Assessment Report covering energy supply, renewable energy and agriculture and is director of the Center for Energy Research, Massey University, New Zealand.
'For those wishing to learn more about biomass, this volume covers all the main resources, technologies, principles, pracices, social and environmental issues, and economics involved.' Business Horizons
