Biomass

Shelf. This may be due to the fact that spawners biomass was at a historical…

The lab we conducted involved a process called the Maillard Reaction. When it comes to cooking meats, heating the food causes the proteins, especially those nearest the surface of the meat, to denature. These denatured proteins become more chemically reactive to other molecules in their environment. One of the primary reactions that occur when browning meats and many other foods is called the Maillard Reaction. The Maillard Reaction is a non-enzymatic chemical reaction between amino acids and…

Alternative energies are becoming a major focus point as climate change reports are showing staggering statistics on how negatively fossil fuels are effecting the earth’s climate. Per the Government of Canada (2016), human activity has been the number one cause of climate change on earth. The suns intensity and volcanic activity are the only natural causes to climate change today. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, are the leading causes of today’s climate change…

Red beet (Beta vulagaris L.) is a crop of the Chenopodiaceae family [1]. The crop is primarily cultivated for its edible roots and valued extremely for its color [1, 2]. Over the past 20 years, the production of red beets in the United States is estimated around 200,000 tonnes/ year [3, 4], of which almost 95% of the cultivated red beets are canned and only 5% are consumed as a vegetable [3]. Interestingly, this root vegetable is a crop of commercial importance [5], that is also exploited for…

Fermentation has been used by mankind for centuries to make useful products such as cheese, breads, yogurts and alcohol beverages. During fermentation, some strains of yeast decompose sugars to derive energy, and in the process they produce ethanol as a waste product. When bread dough is being made, yeast is added to make dough rise. This occurs because the yeast ferments sugar releasing carbon dioxide which causes the dough to rise and creates holes in the bread. This carbon dioxide released…

occurred, but before marsh edges were lost due to erosion, concluded that at the heavily oiled sites biomass amounts were approximately 30% lower than at the unoiled sites. This result was considered a very conservative value because in accordance with Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) protocol, both live and dead root material was counted. Another study evaluating live belowground biomass as it relates to oiling severity confirmed the assumed results of the original study, which were…

energy sources continues to grow at the same or even a greater rate than that with which primitive energy sources never cease to shrink under the pressure of human consumption. The most popular renewable energy sources are as follows: solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydroelectric energy. All of which, in addition to being overwhelmingly abundant and totally renewable, have very little carbon emissions, thus satisfying both of the concerns involved with oil, gas, or coal ("Alternative…

equilibration time of 24 hours, the suspensions were centrifuged to separate the fluid phase from the solid substrate and a portion of the supernatant was analyzed for remaining uranium concentration. The effect of solid:liquid ratio was studied for biomass concentrations ranging from 1 to 12.5 mg mL-1, initial U(VI) concentration 800 mg L-1, I=0.1M NaClO4 at 25 oC, equilibrated for 24h. In the kinetic studies, GS were allowed to equilibrate with the solution for different time periods with 10…

Algae, a form of biomass, help lakes, but they do need the right environment with the correct pH and different light conditions in order to aid the lake’s health. Algae use sunlight to make food for themselves and give themselves energy through the process known as photosynthesis by using chlorophyll. They also absorbs carbon dioxide, turning it into energy, which would take place more in the nighttime when it’s dark. In this longer-term experiment, I will be evaluating the sun or lack of sun’s…

Renewable Energy * Wind * Solar * Geothermal * Biomass * Hydroelectric Wind Energy Wind Energy is an effect of the sun 's uneven heating of the atmosphere. Wind energy is commonly harnessed by turbines. Wind is formed when warm air expands and rises up, while cold air condenses and sinks. Wind energy can be used to power boats or even charge a battery. Although, it 's almost a perfect choice, it has its setbacks. The generators need a lot of land in order to function properly and if…