Biofuel

Biofuel

A Biofuel is a type of fuel whose energy is derived from biological carbon fixation. Biofuels include fuels derived from biomass conversion, as well as solid biomass, liquid fuels and various biogases.

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carbon burn-out

Energy; Biofuel

The end of the combustion process in which all uncombined gaseous and solid carbon is oxidized to carbon dioxide.

char

Energy; Biofuel

Carbon-rich combustible solids that result from pyrolysis of wood in the early stages of combustion. Char can be converted to combustible gases under certain conditions, or burned directly on the ...

char reinjector

Energy; Biofuel

A device that collects unburned char at certain locations in large boilers and injects it back into the primary combustion zone, both to keep it from going up the stack and to capture its energy ...

chipper

Energy; Biofuel

A large device that reduces logs, whole trees, slab wood, or lumber to chips of more or less uniform-size. Stationary chippers are used in sawmills, while trailer-mounted whole-tree chippers are used ...