Biomass/ Waste to Energy

Zeyad Alwahabi | Peter Ashman | Cristian Birzer | Bassam Dally
Peter Kalt | Keith King | Adam Kosminski | Philip Kwong
Gus Nathan | Jordan Parham | Philip Van Eyk

Extracting energy from biomass is an ancient practice, dating back to when people first burnt wood to provide heat and light. However it is receiving renewed interest as a way of providing clean, low cost energy.

Biomass energy is derived from three distinct energy sources: plants, waste, and alcohol fuels. It can be converted to energy directly, normally done by burning the biomass or indirectly by converting it into other usable forms of energy like methane gas or transportation fuels like ethanol and biodiesel.

Research at the CET focuses on the clean combustion and utilisation of biomass, including wood, waste and other fuels that are nominally carbon neutral and the development of alternative transport fuels from feed-stocks including micro-algae, coal and wood, agricultural waste streams and transforming them into bio-diesel, ethanol or di-methyl ether.

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