Biomass fuel

• Biomass is waste plant material,e.g. sawdust,straw.

• Biomass briquettes can be used as domestic or industrial fuel.

Benefits of biomass briquettes

• Financial:no 31 ................. for materials

• Convenience: clean and easy to handle and 32 ................

Production by machine

• Biomass is first converted to a 33 ............... Then other substances are added.

• The machine expels the mixture through 34 ................ of differrent shapes

• N.B. Only a relatively small amount of 35 ...............is needed to operate the machine

Production by hand

• Biomass is mixed with water and sticky material, e.g. 36, ..................... and then pressed into shape 

Current use

Europe and the USA

• Briquettes have been in use for some cime for 37 ...................

• The use of briquettes made from wood has increased rapidly:

India and China

• 1990s: briquette manufacture began.

• 2002: China had about 600 38 ...............

Uganda

• Customers are mainly public institutions or 39 ..................

Prospects for biomass fuel

• The 40 ................. is likely to increase