Urban wood waste resource assessment, the state of Indiana
- NEOS Corporation, Lakewood, CO (United States)
The purpose of this study is to quantify the wood waste resources produced on an annual basis within the state of Indiana. The project was developed in five steps. These steps included: (1) identifying the population of current wood waste generators in 11 metropolitan areas; (2) determining the annual volume of urban wood waste in the following categories: construction and demolition, tree trimmings and clearings, wood pallets, and primary and secondary wood processors waste; (3) identifying the current disposition of urban wood wastes and residues; (4) estimating the energy potential of urban wood wastes and residues; and, (5) identification of energy markets that may be appropriate for urban wood wastes. The total estimated wood residue generated on an annual basis within these regions is 1.13 million bone dry tons per year with approximately 743,047 BDT/year available for use in the energy market, an equivalency of 398,000 tons of bituminous coal. Greater amounts are generated than are available because much of the {open_quotes}waste{close_quotes} is actually consumed for a variety of products including mulch, bedding, compost, and fuel. Based on information collected through this study, approximately 127,912 BDT/year of wood residues are presently consumed for energy purposes, either as space or process heat. This accounts for 1.9 trillion Btu/year, which is roughly equivalent to 68,000 tons of coal. If the wood residues produced and presently consumed for fuel by rural primary processors are added to the metropolitan figures, then there are approximately 3.3 trillion Btu of wood waste consumed for fuel purposes on an annual basis in Indiana.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 115237
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-200-8098; CONF-9508104-; ON: DE95009230; TRN: 95:006736-0016
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. meeting on biomass of the Americas, Portland, OR (United States), 21-24 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]; Related Information: Is Part Of Second biomass conference of the Americas: Energy, environment, agriculture, and industry. Proceedings; PB: 1741 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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