Biomass: teaching strategy for the laboratory at university level

Abstract

Biomass is defined as that organic product of vegetable origin that can convert the energy coming from sunlight into chemical energy contained in the vegetable carbohydrates’ links. Its study is important since this contained chemical energy can be used in the form of fuels, electricity and/or chemical reagents that can be used as precursors. This paper presents a proposal for teaching biomass in the laboratory at university level. The experimental proposal exposes an easy and accessible practice to meet this objective