Contemplations on air emission standards for wood waste fuels

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981 · Tappi; (United States)

OSTI ID:5622538

Jamison, R L; Karch, K M; Junge, D C

Surplus wood wastes and forest residuals are a significant renewable energy resource that could reduce U.S. oil imports one million barrels per day or lessen depletion of nonrenewable fossil fuel resources. The forest products industry currently supplies 50% of its energy requirements from internally generated wood and bark residue fuels. Energy derived from such renewable fuels totals approximately 1.2 quads at present, and there is opportunity to increase this to 2.2 quads. However, progress would be impeded if the new industrial boiler New Source Performance Standards for emissions soon to be proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency are unnecessarily stringent. 4 refs.

• Research Organization: Weyerhaeuser Co, Tacoma, Wash
• OSTI ID: 5622538
• Journal Information: Tappi; (United States), Journal Name: Tappi; (United States) Vol. 64:8; ISSN TAPPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
090400* -- Solid Waste & Wood Fuels-- (-1989)
500600 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Regulations-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
BOILERS
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
CONSTRAINTS
EMISSION
EQUIPMENT
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
REFUSE-FUELED BOILERS
REGULATIONS
SOLID WASTES
WASTES
WOOD WASTES