Southeast biomass facility information system

Conference · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:478729

Easterly, J L; Reinersten, J L ^[1]

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1. DynCorp I&ET, Alexandria, VA (United States)

DynCorp has developed a user-friendly computerized database that documents over 600 facilities in the industrial, commercial, institutional, and utility sectors that use biomass fuel for energy production in 13 southeastern states. This project was done for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Southeastern Regional Biomass Energy Program (SERBEP), which is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). DynCorp collected information from existing databases, industry and government contacts, and finally by distributing a survey to all of the biomass facilities identified in the region. The database, known as the Southeast Biomass Facility Information System (SE-BFIS), provides facility-level and summary information about the facilities, their annual biomass usage, and annual energy products for the entire database or specified subsets (queries). A facility mapping capability was also developed as a feature of SE-BFIS. The mapping capability includes an ability to create maps from regional to local scales by {open_quotes}zooming{close_quotes} in or out to the scale desired, as well as the ability to display or delete facility names, roads, county boundaries, cities or entire adjoining states.

• OSTI ID: 478729
• Report Number(s): CONF-960958--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
BIOMASS
ENERGY FACILITIES
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MAPPING