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Thermal Conversions of Biomass

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Wood remains the largest biomass energy source today; examples include forest residues (such as dead trees, branches and tree stumps), yard clippings, woodchips and even municipal solid waste. Wood energy is derived by using lignocellulosic biomass (second-generation biofuels) as fuel. The estimated biomass production in the world is 104.9 petagrams (104.9 × 1015 g – about 105 billion metric tons) of carbon per year, about half in the ocean and half on land [1].

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Behera, B.K., Varma, A. (2019). Thermal Conversions of Biomass. In: Bioenergy for Sustainability and Security . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96538-3_6

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