Near-term potential of wood as a fuel

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6323247· OSTI ID:6323247

The forest products industry appears to be the most likely candidate for using wood as an energy source in the near-term. Although the industry is approximately 40 percent energy efficient, the remainder of its energy is obtained from gas and oil. Sufficient additional wood is available to replace all the oil and gas used by the industry. The sources are cited. Technologies available to expand the near-term use of wood fuel include direct combustion, low-Btu gasification in the presence of air, pyrolysis to char, liquid fuel, and low-Btu gas in the absence of air, and densification. Life-cycle costs were evaluated for these technologies. Incentives in increase the use of wood fuel in the near term are identified. An appendix lists systems manufacturers, architecture and engineering firms, and users.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6323247
• Report Number(s): HCP/C-4101
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AVAILABILITY
CHARS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COST
DECOMPOSITION
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GASIFICATION
INDUSTRY
LIFE-CYCLE COST
LOW BTU GAS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PAPER INDUSTRY
PYROLYSIS
PYROLYTIC OILS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WOOD
WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY