Development of a Bulk-Format System to Harvest, Handle, Store, and Deliver High-Tonnage Low-Moisture Switchgrass Feedstock

Womac, Alvin¹  Groothuis, Mitch¹  Westover, Tyler¹  Phanphanich, Manunya² 

[1]Genera Energy LLC, Vonore, TN (United States)

[2]Genera Energy LLC, Vonore, TN (United St

关键词: Switchgrass;    Bulk-Format;    High-Tonnage;    Low-Moisture;    feedstock logistics systems;    FLS;    field-chopped;    biorefinery;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1171736
RP-ID  :  DOE-GENERA--01034
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1171736

学科分类：燃料技术

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This project evaluates and compares comprehensive feedstock logistics systems (FLS), where a FLS is defined to comprehensively span from biomass material standing in a field to conveyance of a uniform, industrial-milled product into the throat of a biomass conversion facility (BCF). Elements of the bulk-format FLS evaluated in this project include: field-standing switchgrass dry chopped into bulk format on the farm, hauled (either loose or bulk compacted) to storage, stored with confining overburden in a protective facility, reclaimed and conveyed to bulk-format discharge, bulk compacted into an ejector trailer, and conveyed as bulk flow into the BCF. In this FLS evaluation, bulk storage bins served as a controlled and sensored proxy for large commercial stacks protected from moisture with a membrane cover.