Biomass terms starting with S

11 terms

  1. saccharide A simple sugar or a more complex compound that can be hydrolyzed to simple sugar units.
  2. saccharification A conversion process using acids, bases, or enzymes in which long-chain carbohydrates are broken down into their component fermentable sugars.
  3. screen analysis Method for measuring a proportion of variously sized particles in solid fuels. The sample is passed through a series of screens of known size openings.
  4. Scrubber A device to clean combustible gas or stack gas by the spraying of water.
  5. Slow pyrolysis Thermal conversion of biomass to fuel by slow heating to less than 450°C in the absence of oxygen.
  6. softwood Generally, one of the botanical groups of trees that in most cases have needle-like or scale-like leaves; the conifers; also the wood produced by such…
  7. Steam Turbine A device that converts high-pressure steam, produced in a boiler, into mechanical energy that can then be used to produce electricity by forcing blades in…
  8. stover The dried stalks and leaves of a crop remaining after the grain has been harvested.
  9. structural chemical analysis The composition of biomass reported by the proportions of the major structural components; cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin.
  10. Substrate 1. A compound that is altered by an enzyme. 2. Food source for growing cells or micro-organisms. 3. Material on which a sedentary organism lives and grows.
  11. syringyl A component of lignin, normally only found in hardwood lignins. It has a six-carbon aromatic ring with two methoxyl groups attached.