Renewable energy

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Renewable Energy film

Biomass

Aim: To compare the amount of gas that is produced from different types of biomass.

Material:

1.   Fresh horse manure 
2.   Bottles x3
3.   Funnel   
4.   Vegetable peelings
5.   Mashed bananas 
6.   Balloon 
7.   Permanent marker
8.   Disposable gloves 
9.   Water 
10.   Cup 

Steps:

1.   Get the bottles and label them - Mash bananas + Horse manure, Horse manure, Vegetable peels + horse manure.
2.   Place the ingredients  into there bottles that are labelled with whats meant to go in their bottle.
3.  Then after that you add water till a few inches below the top.
4. Place a balloon on top of your bottle. 
5. Then plug your lamp in and make sure it looks at all of your three bottles.
6. leave your bottles for a few days and see if or how much the balloons inflate.

   

Investigation.

Research the following Biomass fuels. You will need to:

Write a definition of the fuel.

Write 8 sentences about the fuel. 

• How is it made? Many different kinds of biomass, such as wood chips, corn, and some types of garbage etc , which are used to produce electricity.
• Where is it made? It is made in Austria, USA and Sweden 
• What is it made with? It is made from living things like agriculture crops.
• What countries use it? China, Brazil, India and more etc.
• What uses will it have in the future? - It will be used for transport and much more.

Place 1 image of the fuel.

Biomass Fuel types.

Name: Agricultural crops and wood fuels.

Definition - Wood fuels can be made of wood shavings, wood pellets, sawdust and more. Agricultural crops are like wood bark off trees, bark you find at a park and straw.Wood fuel may be made from forest harvest or wood residues.Like the bark and stuff.