How is biomass stored?

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Peyton Budinger · Accepted Answer

Usually, it is not stored, but used as collected. It may otherwise be stored in silos, pits, tanks or barns.

The fact that "renewable" resources typically require less handling, storing, or processing than "fossil" fuels is one of their advantages. "Biomass" refers to a broad range of physical forms and characteristics, including household garbage, animal dung, and plant cuttings. The density, handling qualities, and rate of usage or consumption of the biomass determine the "sizing" of any storage. Often, what is thought of as "storage" (a bin or landfill, for example) is actually integrated into the processing, whether as feedstock for burning, digestion, or decomposition. Landfill sizing is determined by factors such as available area, collection range, desired waste type, landfill life, desired production timelines, and quantities of produced gas. Anaerobic digesters are sized according to the type and quantity of feedstock that is available, fermentation processes are sized according to the amount of feed, processing water, enzymes, or bacteria required, and subsequent processing steps.

Caleb Allen · Answer

undefined Biomass can be stored in various forms, including logs, wood chips, pellets, agricultural residues, municipal solid waste, and dedicated energy crops.