Electrical Energy Production Using Biomass

Energy production from biomass (Part 1): Overview of biomass.

The use of renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly necessary, if we are to achieve the changes required to address the impacts of global warming. Biomass is the most common form of renewable energy, widely used in the third world but until recently, less so in the Western world. Latterly much attention has been focused on identifying suitable biomass species, which can provide high-en...

Sustainable Production of Woody Biomass for Energy

Iran's Electrical Energy Demand Forecasting Using Meta-Heuristic Algorithms

This study aims to forecast Iran's electricity demand by using meta-heuristic algorithms, and based on economic and social indexes. To approach the goal, two strategies are considered. In the first strategy, genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) are used to determine equations of electricity demand based on economic and social ind...

Biomass Gasification using Solar Thermal Energy

Hydrogen from Biomass as an energy carrier has generated increasing interest in recent years. There are several different technologies to convert solid or liquid Biomass into a gas mix consisting of mainly hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Up to 30% of the energy stored in the product gas would originate from the sun by using solar thermal applications to source the conversion while the equivalent o...

Energy Production with Biomass: What Are the Prospects?

The advantages and limitations of the U.S. ethanol industry have both become apparent during the current period of high petroleum prices. One advantage is that ethanol is cost-reducing as a gasoline additive and as a gasoline replacement using E85 (motor fuel blends of 85 percent ethanol and just 15 percent gasoline). However, corn supply limits ethanol’s role in energy markets; ethanolbased co...