Identification and characterisation of factors affecting losses in the large-scale, non-ventilated bulk storage of wood chips and development of best storage practices Garstang, J; Weekes, A; Poulter, R; Bartlett, D 09 BIOMASS FUELS; WOOD FUELS; WOOD WASTES; STORAGE; WILLOWS; FORESTRY; LEAVES; VENTILATION; MOISTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; SPORES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; LACTIC ACID; MONITORING The report describes the findings of a study to determine the factors affecting the commercial storage of wood chips for biomass power generation in the UK. The UK's first such plant in North Yorkshire uses a mixture of forestry residues and short rotation coppice (SRC) willow, where problems with the stored fuel highlighted the need to determine best storage practices. Two wood chip piles were built (one with willow chip and the other with wood chips from board leaf forestry residues) and monitored (moisture, temperature, chemical composition, spore numbers and species, heat and air flows, bulk density, etc). Local weather data was also obtained. Recommendations for future storage practices are made. First Renewables Ltd. (United Kingdom); ADAS (United Kingdom) Available to ETDE participating countries only(see www.etde.org); commercial reproduction prohibited; OSTI as DE20350970 Department of Trade and Industry, London (United Kingdom) United Kingdom 2002-07-01 English Technical Report Other Information: PBD: 2002 Medium: ED; Size: 119 pages https://doi.org/ [] FES-B-W-2/00716/REP; DTI-Pub-URN-02/1535 TRN: GB0320129 GB 2018-03-07 20350970 https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/servlets/purl/20350970