Author(s)

Zijie Lin

Corresponding Author

Zijie Lin

Abstract

With the continuous growth of the population, the human demand for energy is getting higher and higher. However, the limited fossil fuels are not enough to meet the needs of human. Therefore, as the fourth largest energy source after coal, oil and natural gas, biomass is bound to play a key role in the future development. Biomass can be used in the field of biofuels. Biofuels are a new type of environmentally friendly energy source that is processed from crops such as straw, rice husks, peanut shells, corn cobs, and cottonseed hulls. Water content, ash content, sulfur content and chlorine content are low. Its main advantages are its renewability, low pollution, wide distribution, resource richness and carbon neutrality. The traditional soil cultivation method covers a large area and has low efficiency, so it is not a long-term solution in the case of shortage of land resources. Therefore, it is extremely necessary to explore the feasibility of hydroponics in biomass cultivation.

Keywords

Biomass, Biofuels, Hydroponics, Biodisel