Biomass Conversion Methods to Bioenergy (A Review)

Biomass has increasingly proven as a sustainable and important resource for the production of renewable fuels worldwide. The world’s energy markets rely heavily on the fossil fuels coal, petroleum crude oil, and natural gas as sources of thermal energy; gaseous, liquid, and solid fuels; and chemicals. Since millions of years are required to form fossil fuels in the earth, their reserves are finite and subject to depletion as they are consumed. The only natural, renewable carbon resource known that is large enough to be used as a substitute for fossil fuels is biomass. This article gives an overview of the state-of-the-art of key biomass conversion technologies currently deployed and technologies that may play a key role in the future. Key issue for bio-energy is that its use should be modernized to fit into a sustainable development path. This paper includes review of present modern technologies taking advantage of these processes in gas, liquid and solid fuels production.

Keywords:

Biomass , bio-energy , bio-renewable source