On the challenges facing the handling of solid biomass feedstocks: On the Challenges Facing the Handling of Solid Biomass Feedstocks

Ilic, Dusan; Williams, Kenneth; Farnish, Richard; Webb, Erin; Liu, Gary

doi:10.1002/bbb.1851

Title: On the challenges facing the handling of solid biomass feedstocks: On the Challenges Facing the Handling of Solid Biomass Feedstocks

Journal Article · 25 January 2018 · Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.1851 · OSTI ID:1468105

^[1]; Williams, Kenneth ^[1]; Farnish, Richard ^[2]; Webb, Erin ^[3]; Liu, Gary ^[4]

The University of Newcastle (Australia)
The University of Greenwich, London (United Kingdom)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
DuPont, Wilmington, DE (United States)

With a major global emphasis on the management of waste, alternative resources and a shift to environmentally sustainable technologies, demand for large volumes of heterogeneous solid biomass feedstocks for energy or chemical use is expected to rise significantly. In transforming a sporadic supply of a low-value, highly variable product, to continuous and controlled high throughput systems, a thorough understanding of the feedstock properties will increase in importance. Appropriate characterisation tests are necessary to define technical specification and selection criteria for handling equipment and to appraise the requirement and location for additional processes or pre-treatment to be integrated into the handling chain. Such tests may also influence the material characteristics to be used in the conversion process. In this paper, we discuss the main feedstock attributes associated with a number of handling chain phases and the approach to obtain them. Lastly, the framework for a holistic approach to the characterisation and design of biomass feedstock handling systems for further development and practical implementation is also proposed.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1468105

Journal Information:: Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining, Vol. 12, Issue 2; ISSN 1932-104X

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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