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| Chris Melchin is a student in grade 8 at St. Andrew Junior School in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Chris has a wide variety of interests including video games, badminton, curling, kayaking, and playing the bari and alto saxophones, guitar, and bass. He spends much of his extra-curricular time playing in 4 school bands. He has 3 older brothers. |
| Chris Melchin
"Pine"-ing "Fir" Hydrocarbons
| Division: | Health Sciences | | Category: | Junior | | Region: | Strait | | City: | Antigonish, NS | | School: | St. Andrew Junior School | | Abstract: | I studied different methods of biomass conversion – pyrolysis, gasification, and wood pellets – and performed a test of chemical extraction of hydrocarbons. The chemical extraction was the most energy efficient, but had the lowest energy yield. The others used large amounts of energy, but produced a proportionately large amount. Apparently the amount of energy generated is proportional to what is used to get it. |
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