What is Biomass Torrefaction? Torrefaction is the thermal conversion process which involves the removal of moisture and other volatiles thereby increasing the energy density by roasting of wood or any other biomass and converting into coal like material. Biomass used here is mainly the lignocellulosic biomass which is obtained from ... Read More

What are the Hazardous Wastes and its Characteristics? Hazardous waste is the discarded solid material or liquid which contains the substances that are known to be fatal to humans or lab animals, toxic, carcinogenic to humans or other living beings, ignitable with flash point less than 60OC, corrosive, explosive or ... Read More

Introduction to Biofuels Biofuel is the any fuel which is derived from the biomass or something that is once alive. It is a crop grown by a farmer in a field which is later turned into a sugar paste or ethanol or fuel used by vehicles or machines. Both the ... Read More

What is Bioenergetics? Bioenergetics which includes the two terms that is bio which means “within the living organism” and energetics means “production of energy”. Bioenergetics is a field of biochemistry and cell biology that concerns with energy flow through the living systems. In a simpler way bioenergetics is defined as ... Read More

Introduction to Viruses A branch of science dealing with the studies on viruses is referred to as Virology. Virus comes from a Latin word which means “poison”. Viruses are the smallest infectious agents or organisms whose size ranges between 20nm and 300nm in diameter. In fact the other microorganisms ... Read More

Introduction to Industrial Waste Due to urbanization and rapid advancements in the industrialization, it has led to an increase in the production and consumption processes resulting in the generation of wastes. These waste are the unwanted and unusable matter that is discarded after its use for main purpose. Over the ... Read More

What are Biofuels? Biofuels are the fuels that are produced from organic material like biomass either directly or indirectly. Biomass used here is mostly the plants material and animal waste. Use of biofuels has been in existence even before the use of petroleum oils. USA is known to be the ... Read More

Introduction to Biochemistry and its Importance Biochemistry which is also called as biological chemistry is a branch of science which deals with the study of chemical processes within and around the living organisms. It can also be defined as a branch of biological science that deals with the study of ... Read More

Introduction Immunology is basically the study of immune system of an organism which protects the organism from physical, chemical and biological invasions. Immunity: Immunity is our body’s protective mechanism against pathogens which includes the disease inducing micro-organisms like bacteria, virus, fungi, protozoa etc. We do need immunity as our body ... Read More

Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) Hydrothermal liquefaction is only one of the several ways to harvest energy from the biomass like algae, wood, etc. This process uses water as a solvent under extreme temperatures and pressures. Here the biomass or fossil fuel based carbon rich material is converted into carbon monoxide, hydrogen ... Read More