In Search Of Biomass Storage Solutions - Ethanol Producer Magazine

In Search Of Biomass Storage Solutions - Ethanol Producer Magazine

In Search Of Biomass Storage Solutions Ethanol Producer Magazine, ND - Jan 11, 2008 When it comes down to the best way to move biomass from the field to the factory, the dry look may be out. Wet biomass offers advantages that may send the ...

In Search Of Biomass Storage Solutions - Ethanol Producer Magazine
biomass offers advantages that may send the big bale back to the ranch to feed cattle. biomass for processing into cellulosic ethanol. sources such as corn stover and straw have a low density. biomass to operate a commercial-scale plant. biomass to the plant site and those trucks will be operating below their maximum weight capacity. crop residues such as corn stover can be disrupted by inclement weather because the stover still needs to dry down after the grain is harvested, says James Hettenhaus, founder of CEA Inc. biomass feedstocks is to not worry about letting them dry down at all. biomass becomes denser and more economical to handle. Renewable Energy Laboratory, Hettenhaus and other researchers built a 700-ton pile of corn stover in Imperial, Neb. biomass stored wet will require one-tenth the area for the storage of dry bales.Even with the increase in density of wet-stored biomass, a commercial-sized cellulosic ethanol plant will still take a lot of biomass to keep running. biomass per day will need 100 deliveries per day by truck, 350 days per year. biomass can be stored on farms near the fields where it was harvested. biomass can be moved more economically than by truck.