Demonstration of a Small Modular BioPower System Using Poultry Litter

Technical Report · Wed May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/794292· OSTI ID:794292

Reardon, John P; Lilley, Art; Wimberly, Jim; Browne, Kingsbury; Beard, Kelly; Avens, Jack

The purpose of this project was to assess poultry grower residue, or litter (manure plus absorbent biomass), as a fuel source for Community Power Corporation's small modular biopower system (SMB). A second objective was to assess the poultry industry to identify potential ''on-site'' applications of the SMB system using poultry litter residue as a fuel source, and to adapt CPC's existing SMB to generate electricity and heat from the poultry litter biomass fuel. Bench-scale testing and pilot testing were used to gain design information for the SMB retrofit. System design approach for the Phase II application of the SMB was the goal of Phase I testing. Cost estimates for an onsite poultry litter SMB were prepared. Finally, a market estimate was prepared for implementation of the on-farm SMB using poultry litter.

• Research Organization: Community Power Corporation (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (US)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-01ER83214
• OSTI ID: 794292
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 22 May 2002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BIOMASS
DESIGN
ELECTRICITY
FOWL
IMPLEMENTATION
MARKET
RESIDUES
TESTING
GASIFICATION
POULTRY LITTER
SMALL MODULAR SYSTEM
SMALL MODULAR BIOPOWER SYSTEM
DEMONSTRATION
FARM-SCALE
ON-FARM SYSTEM