Biomass, Resources and Technology for Use in PEMFC

Bioenergy is renewable energy derived from living biological material, or biomass. Biomass comprises all biological material derived from living, or recently living organisms. Technology conversion of biomass are: thermal, chemical, biochemical. Biofuel is a form of renewable energy that can be produced from various biomass. One of the main biofuel is bioethanol. Bio-ethanol, is a clean and renewable fuel. The conversion pathways for the production of bio-ethanol are fermentation, catalytic conversion of syngas and fermentation of syngas. Fuel cell is an electrochemical device in which the chemical energy is directly converted into electrical energy. Among the various fuels which can be converted into hydrogen to be used in fuel cells, ethanol, is very promising candidate because it is easily decomposed in the presence of water and generate an H2-rich mixture suitable for feeding fuel cells. In the present study, biomass, resources and technology for use in PEMFC have been investigated.