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Biomass Fuels: Their Characteristics and Preparations

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Characterizing Biomass

Biomass Proximate and Ultimate Analysis Composition for Common Biomass Types

 

Run Issues and Experience with Speicific Fuels

Wood pellets as downdraft gasifier fuel

BioPlugs: Large pellets with plastic binder 

 

Fuel Preparation Techiniques and Machines

Greg Manning in Canada has built the most impressive DIY wood chipper and sorter i've seen to date.  Here's his photoset on the woodgas forum which shows the set up. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WoodGas/photos/album/560053423/pic/list?mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&&count=20&dir=asc

 

Greg's set up is based on the common low cost chinese disk chipper, and a rotating mesh cylinder to size separate the resulting chips.  These chinese disk chippers are available for around $1200 new and are commonly driven off tractor pto's or 20hp and above engines.  A disk chipper will produce a more chunky chip than a drum chipper.  Drum chipper make long slice chips which will not work in a downdraft.  I do not know yet if the common garden scale disk chippers, like the Troybuilt chippers will produce a chip of adequate size.  I know the chinese disk chippers will.

 

Growing and Using Biomass: Argiculture, Silviculture, and Integrated Agro-energy Systems

Biomass Yields

Grasslands and Praries:

Energy yields from biodiverse plantings are higher than from monocropped biomass energy. Other benefits, such as wildlife value may also be higher.

Graph showing Net Energy Balance of Different Biomass Energy Production Systems

 

from:

Tillman, D., Jason, H., & Lehman, C. (2006). Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Low-Input High-Diversity Grassland Biomass. Science, 314, 1598-1600. Retrieved June 30, 2008, from http://www.cedarcreek.umn.edu/biblio/fulltext/t2065.pdf.

 

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