Implementation of a Biomass Energy Island for a forested Air Force installation. Final report Mar 82-Jan 83

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5796003

Huff, W J; McConnell, W V; Steadman, P E

This study examines the silvicultural practices, harvesting methodology and managerial techniques pertinent to the operation of Choctawhatchee sand pine (CSP) plantations on Eglin AFB to establish Eglin as a Biomass Energy Island (BEI). Previous studies have demonstrated: (1) the feasibility of using wood grown on selected Air Force installations as the fuel to supply the energy requirements of each; and (2) the specific adaptability of Eglin AFB as a Biomass Energy Island (BEI). As such, Eglin would satisfy all energy needs of the facility by using 540,000 green tons of wood chips harvested from 90,000 acres of on-base energy plantations to fuel a gasification/combined cycle conversion system. This study concludes: the technology of biomass conversion is appropriate for Eglin; both gasification and direct combustion cogeneration should be used for comparison purposes initially in the light of changing requirements; and the management of wood fuel plantations at Eglin and the phased establishment of the base as a BEI is both economically and technically sound and desirable.

• Research Organization: Ultrasystems, Inc., Fairfax, VA (USA); Air Force Engineering and Services Center, Tyndall AFB, FL (USA). Engineering and Services Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5796003
• Report Number(s): AD-A-129165/7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BIOMASS PLANTATIONS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COGENERATION
COMBUSTION
CONIFERS
DEUS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FUELS
HARVESTING
HEATING
LAND USE
MANAGEMENT
MANPOWER
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ON-SITE POWER GENERATION
OXIDATION
PINES
PLANTS
POWER GENERATION
SPACE HEATING
STEAM GENERATION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TREES
WOOD FUELS