Systems descriptions and engineering costs for solar-related technologies. Volume IX. Biomass fuels production and conversion systems

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:6893172

Blake, D; Salo, D

This document presents descriptions of conceptual production and conversion systems for biomass fuels. The data presented are developed from system performance analysis and estimated engineering and operation and maintenance costs of these conceptual designs to provide a data base for predicting penetration for future solar and solar-associated technologies. Biomass production and conversion systems utilize various technologies and process routes to transform feedstock into energy-related products. There are several sources of feedstock but basically only three distinctly different approaches exist for feedstock conversion to specific products. The biomass production systems which are considered here include: silvicultural biomass farms, agricultural biomass farms, forestry residues, and crop residues. Forestry residues include: logging residues, unutilized standing biomass, and unused mill residues. The basic conversion approaches used in the various processes are: thermochemical, aqueous processing and combustion. Representative products considered in the conversion section are: methanol, ethanol, medium-Btu fuel gas, ammonia, fuel oil, electricity, and charcoal. METREK estimated biomass production costs for ten different locations. Annual production was set at 250,000 DTE for each. Six of the sites were representative of areas where biomass farms would probably be established. They included: Wisconsin, Missouri, Louisiana, Georgia, New Hampshire/Vermont, and Washington. Illinois represented prime nonirrigated cropland, California represented irrigated cropland; the Mississippi site was established on U.S. Forest System land; and the Florida site was located in a wetland area. Detailed analyses are provided for Wisconsin and Louisiana. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Mitre Corp., McLean, VA (USA). METREK Div.
• OSTI ID: 6893172
• Report Number(s): MTR-7485(Vol.9)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ADSORBENTS
AGRICULTURAL WASTES
ALCOHOLS
AMMONIA
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
AQUACULTURE
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
BIOCONVERSION
BIOMASS
BIOMASS PLANTATIONS
BIOSYNTHESIS
BY-PRODUCTS
CALIFORNIA
CHARCOAL
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONVERSION
CROPS
DECOMPOSITION
DIAGRAMS
DIGESTION
DISPERSIONS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY SOURCES
ETHANOL
FARMS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FLORIDA
FLOWSHEETS
FLUIDS
FORESTS
FUEL GAS
FUEL OILS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GEORGIA
GREAT LAKES REGION
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROLYSIS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
ILLINOIS
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE BTU GAS
LOUISIANA
LYSIS
MANAGEMENT
METHANOL
MIDWEST REGION
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MIXTURES
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NORTH AMERICA
NORTH ATLANTIC REGION
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POWER
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
PYROLYSIS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SOLID WASTES
SOLUTIONS
SOLVOLYSIS
SOUTHEAST REGION
SOUTHWEST REGION
SYNTHESIS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TABLES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
VERMONT
WASHINGTON
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
WESTERN REGION
WISCONSIN
WOOD WASTES