Biomass Burner

There are many different types of biomass burner. These include basic log stoves and boilers, straw bale burners, wood chip boilers and wood pellet stoves and boilers. As biomass refers to a collective of many different forms of organic material that can be used as a fuel, a true biomass burner must be able to burn a wide variety of biomass. The problem is biomass grows in various different shapes and sizes. Therefore to use all different forms of biomass in one burner, the biomass must first be made into a standardised shape, size and density, essentially a pellet. A pellet is simply a compressed form of the original raw material. That raw material could be wood, however it could equally be any type of straw or grass or practically any other type of biomass residue. Through processing the biomass into pellets it makes it much easier to design a biomass burner which can efficiently work with the fuel. Therefore biomass pellet stoves and pellet boilers are the only true biomass burner.

Renewable and Alternative Energy

Biomass is also referred to as an alternative energy source, as apposed to oil, gas or coal. However really mankind relied on biomass for hundreds of years, and really fossil fuels are the alternative. However it is not becoming more clear our reliance on fossil fuels is not sustainable and has many other short comings. For example fossil fuels are one of the main contributors to increasing the rate of global warming. The combustion of fossil fuels released additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide acts like mirror reflecting more of the energy from the sun back at the earth. Biomass on the other has it made from carbon which is already part of the natural cycle, and its combustion does not increase the level of carbon dioxide present. Also biomass is a renewable for of energy, as we can quickly grow more biomass to replace the resources we use. However fossil fuels are formed over thousands of year, therefore we cannot replace those resources, so once they are gone, that's it. Along with India and China developing at unprecedented rates with the two largest global populations our source of energy and our attitudes to how we use it have go to change.

Biomass Boiler and Burning Wood Pellet