Significance of Biomass in Reduction of Global Warming | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

Our over dependency on fossil fuel creates so many environment problems. Ozone layer depletion and global warming is the major environmental problem due to excess use of nonrenewable energy. In present scenario pressures on the global environment have led to use of renewable sources of energy. Renewable energy is also clean energy, which would mean its usage would not be damaging to the quality of the environment. Biomass is one potential source of renewable energy. Biomass is a sustainable fuel that can deliver a significant reduction in net carbon emissions when compared with fossil fuels. There are many biomass conversion technologies into useful energy include anaerobic digestion, Pyrolysis, gasification, Trans esterification, fermentation and combustion. The gasification of biomass is a thermo-chemical process by which solid fuel can be converted into gaseous fuel. The gaseous products can be burned to generate heat or electricity. In present paper we will discuss the method of electricity generation from agricultural waste and significance of this technology in respect of decrease in CO2 emission.