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GLOSSARY
ACTIVATED CARBON
Activated carbon is a processed form of carbon treated to be more porous.
AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE
Agricultural crop residues are the plant parts, primarily stalks and leaves, not removed
from the fields with the primary food or fibre product.
ASH
Ash is the non-combustible residue remaining after combustion. For biomass
combustion, the ash consists of mainly inorganic elemental oxides representing bulk
mineral matter after carbon; oxygen, sulphur and water have been driven off during
combustion.
BAGASSE
Residue remaining after extracting a sugar-containing juice
from plants like sugarcane.
BIOBASED CHEMICALS
Chemicals that are derived from plant or animal feedstock are typically considered
biobased chemicals.
BIOBASED MATERIAL
An organic material in which carbon is derived from a renewable resource via biological
processes. Biobased material includes all plant and animal mass derived from carbon
dioxide recently fixed via photosynthesis per definition of a renewable resource.
BIOCHAR
Biochar is a porous carbonaceous solid produced by the thermochemical conversion of
organic materials in an oxygen-depleted atmosphere. Biochar production systems are
generally classified as either pyrolysis or gasification.
BIOCOMPOSITES
Biocomposites materials such as biomass fibres are molded and bonded together
with a natural or synthetic resin. Biocomposites are characterised by the fact that the
petrochemical resin is replaced by a vegetable or animal resin, and/or the bolsters are
replaced by natural fibre.
BIOFUELS
Solid, liquid or gaseous fuel that is derived from biomass or biological materials.
Biomass that has been processed or converted in some way into a more convenient
form, principally to increase energy density.