Energy from Biomass Lecture 1 - Mechanical Engineering
Energy from Biomass Lecture 1 - Mechanical Engineering
Energy from Biomass Lecture 1 - Mechanical Engineering
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Facts and figures• Global energy consumption:• 400 exajoules• Annual production of biomatter:• 220 billion oven dry tons• 4500 exajoules• Theoretically harvestable bioenergy:• 2900 exajoules• Technically available on sustainable basis:• 270 exajoules/ <strong>Mechanical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> 22-4-2010 PAGE 56