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Biomass energy

LC control no.sh 85014231
LC classificationHD9502.5.B54 HD9502.5.B544 Economics
TP339 Chemical technology
Topical headingBiomass energy
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Variant(s)Bio-energy (Biomass energy)
Bioenergy (Biomass energy)
Biofuels
Biological fuels
Biomass as fuel
Energy, Biomass
Renewable fuels
See alsoFuel
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Renewable energy sources
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Microbial fuel cells
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Scope noteHere are entered works on energy from fuels produced from plant or animal sources, such as forestry byproducts or agricultural waste, or on the fuels themselves. Works on the total mass of living matter within a given unit of environmental area are entered under Biomass.
Subject example tracingNote under Biomass
Found inSolar energy conversion. Biofuels, 1980.
McGraw-Hill encyc. sci. tech. (Biomass)
Inspec (Bioenergy conversion)
LC database, April 7, 1989 (Biofuels, biological fuels, bioenergy); viewed October 19, 2022 (65 records with "renewable fuel?" in the title proper)
Coastal Bio-Energy Forum (2006 : Olympic Natural Resources Center). Coastal Bio-Energy Forum, 2006.
American heritage dictionary of the English language, 2016, via WWW, viewed July 27, 2021 (biomass, n. 1. The total mass of living matter within a given unit of environmental area. 2. Plant or animal material, such as forestry byproducts or agricultural waste, that is used as a fuel or energy source)
Merriam-Webster unabridged, via WWW, viewed July 27, 2021 (biomass, noun: 1 : the amount of living matter in the form of one or more kinds of organisms present in a particular habitat usually expressed as weight of organisms per unit area of habitat or as volume or weight of organisms per unit volume of habitat; 2 : plant materials and animal waste used as a source of fuel)
Work cat: Kant, Rajni. Renewable fuels, 2023: ECIP preface (renewable fuels, which are plant-based fuels; the regrowth of plants to the original extent absorbs an equivalent amount of [carbon]; clean energy for all; renewable energy can reduce the negative impact of fossil fuels on the environment)
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