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Title: Biomass power for rural development. Quarterly report, April 2, 1997--July 2, 1997

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/570188· OSTI ID:570188

The information in this report summarizes the major areas of project activities accomplished during the last quarter. Activities concerning conversion technologies have continued to be focused on gaining information and comparing similar systems world wide with project needs. One major effort was a trip to Denmark and Finland; the first section of the report details some of the trip highlights. The second section is a writeup of a previous trip. Additional conversion work undertaken at Iowa State University on the development of material handling, gas sampling, and gas analysis equipment is detailed. An update on the installation of field trial plots is also included. Very brief summaries are provided of quarterly activities, briquette production from switchgrass, and the development of geographical information systems are also included. 8 figs., 1 tab.

Research Organization:
Chariton Valley Resource Conservation and Development, Inc., Centerville, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-96GO10148
OSTI ID:
570188
Report Number(s):
DOE/GO/10148-3; ON: DE98002781; TRN: 98:001131
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Oct 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English