Biomass has gross calorific value higher than coal.
Answer: false
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Biomass Energy
- In the US, we have adequate amount of land to cultivate biomass to meet all our energy demands.
- Waste to energy plants require removal of all toxic vapors using flue gas scrubbing to prevent air pollution.
- In a waste to energy plant, significant amounts of ash are produced.
- Which of the following is an energy recovery methodology adopted to process municipal solid waste?
- The amount of municipal waste generated per day is decreasing everyday.
- Which of the following contributes the most towards Municipal solid waste?
- Which of the following is not true about biodiesel?
- Amount of CO and particulate matter emissions from biodiesel is less compared to petroleum diesel.
- Energy per gallon produced by biodiesel is less than petroleum based diesel by
- Amount of NOx emission from biodiesel is negligible.
- Most of the bioethanol produced in United States comes from
- The production of ethanol and biodiesel in United States is increasing.
- Addition of ethanol to gasoline reduces the amount of emissions from the fuel.
- Which of the following cannot be converted into alcohol or biogas by biological conversion.
- Ethanol has a higher octane number than gasoline.
- Ethanol has a higher heating value than gasoline.
- Presently, the amount of ethanol produced from biomass amounts to
- Production of bioethanol from corn is more efficient than from sugarcane.
- Corn can be used to produce ethanol.
- Transesterification is the process used to convert vegetable oil to biodiesel.
- Which of the following is a product of thermal conversion of biomass?
- Syngas can be produced from biomass by reaction with steam.
- Pyrolysis is the process of heating biomass in the absence of air.
- Which of the following cannot be converted into alcohol or biogas by biological conversion.
- Bagasse is an agricultural waste product obtained from sugarcane.