Bioenergy

Bioenergy

Energy produced from biomass or organic matter. Biomass may either be burned directly or converted into liquids or gaseous fuel.

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Palm oil is a form of edible vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the Oil palm tree. Palm oil and palm kernel oil are composed of fatty acids, esterified with glycerol just like any ordinary fat. ...

peat

Energy; Bioenergy

Partially carbonized vegetable matter, usually mosses, found in bogs and used as fertilizer and fuel.

cetane number

Energy; Bioenergy

An empirical measure of a diesel fuel's self-ignition quality that indicates the readiness of the fuel to ignite spontaneously under the temperature and pressure conditions in the engine's combustion ...

gas turbine (GT)

Energy; Bioenergy

An engine that passes the products of the combustion of its fuel/air mixture over the blades of a turbine. The turbine drives an air compressor, which in turn provides the air for the combustion ...

anaerobic expanded-bed reactor

Energy; Bioenergy

An expanded bed reactor that is operated anaerobically. An expanded bed reactor is a wastewater treatment process where the wastewater flows upward through a bad of sand or activated carbon.

all-lands approach

Energy; Bioenergy

An integrated approach to land use management expounded in 2009 by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, to include Federal- and state-managed, as well as privately owned forest ...

Jatropha

Energy; Bioenergy

An oilseed crop that grows well on marginal and semi-arid lands. The bushes can be harvested twice annually, are rarely browsed by livestock, and remain productive for decades. Jatropha is a genus of ...