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Biomass is one of the renewable energy resources and it is referred as a carbon neutral energy source. The biomass is obtained from living biological materials such as organic matter of plant and plant derived material and animal origin. The biomass essentially consists of hemi cellulose, cellulose and lignin. The organic components of municipal and industrial wastes are also referred as renewable energy resources for energy conversion. It is one of the few energy resources, whose supply is continuous and it does not significantly depend on weather conditions. The biomass can be stored for use on demand for higher reliability. Role of biomass in developing countries as energy supplier is particularly important and it is estimated that in India it accounts for major fraction of country’s primary energy supply. The large size of biomass resource is comparable in magnitude to other fossil fuel resources and its renewable nature ensures a continuing place of prominence in future energy supplies. Biomass is manifestation of solar energy and it results from the solar bioconversion process. At the base of solar bioconversion is the process of photosynthesis wherein the carbohydrate (CH–2O)n, a principal constituent of plant is produced with the help of chlorophyll.
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Kaushika, N.D., Reddy, K.S., Kaushik, K. (2016). Biomass Energy and Power Systems. In: Sustainable Energy and the Environment: A Clean Technology Approach. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29446-9_9
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