article · Heliyon
This paper reviews the recent multifaceted applications of biomass materials, critically examining their sustainability. Biomass is gaining global acceptance as a green technology and an affordable alternative to conventional materials for both domestic and industrial uses. The review elucidates various applications, including energy generation, metallurgical processes, construction, reinforcement in metal matrix composites, microelectromechanical systems, biochemical applications, and traditional medicine. It discusses the material combinations and production processes involved. A key focus is whether the availability of biomass can sustain its diverse usage and what modalities are needed to ensure sustainable practices. The paper also highlights and discusses different policies relevant to the continuous multifaceted use of biomass.
Biomass offers a renewable alternative to traditional materials and energy sources, with wide-ranging applications. Understanding its sustainable use is crucial for environmental protection, resource management, and ensuring long-term benefits across various industries, moving beyond laboratory efforts to real-world implementation.
The abstract highlights the broad applicability of biomass across many sectors, from energy to construction and medicine. This review provides foundational knowledge for industries considering biomass as an alternative material or energy source, guiding sustainable resource management and policy development. It appears to be early-stage research, focusing on review and policy, rather than a specific product or technology ready for market.
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The paper focuses on collection of information on recent multifaceted usage of biomass materials with critical examination on its sustainability. The use of biomass is becoming popular, with wide global acceptance as it is considered as green technology. The use of biomass products across industrial parallels, the material combination and production processes were elucidated in this paper. Biomass materials are seen as affordable alternative to conventional materials for domestic and industrial applications. The multifaceted use of biomass, which includes, energy generation, metallurgical applications, construction purposes, reinforcement in metal matrix composite, microelectromechanical system, biochemical and traditional medicine were discussed. This underscores the need to develop a sustainable plan to meet with its diverse usage to be beyond laboratory efforts. This paper examined whether the availability of biomass can sustain its multifaceted usage or not. It also examined the modalities to ensure sustainable use of biomass. Different policies were highlighted and discussed in line with continuous multifaceted use of biomass.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08025
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