Woody biomass size reduction with selective material orientation

Autor:	Christopher J. Lanning, James H. Dooley, David N. Lanning
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Materials science Waste management Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment medicine.medical_treatment Energy consumption Raw material Pulp and paper industry Bioenergy Biofuel medicine Veneer Comminution Particle size Waste Management and Disposal Renewable resource
Zdroj:	Biofuels. 4:35-43
ISSN:	1759-7277 1759-7269
DOI:	10.4155/bfs.12.72
Popis:	Background: Roundwood logs from forests and energy plantations must be chipped, ground, or otherwise comminuted into small particles prior to conversion to solid or liquid biofuels. Results & discussion: Rotary veneer followed by cross-grain shearing is demonstrated to be a novel and low energy consuming method for primary breakdown of logs into a raw material having high transport and storage density. Processing of high-moisture raw logs into 2.5–4.2-mm particles prior to drying or conversion consumes less than 20% of the energy required for achieving similar particle size with hammer mills, while producing a more uniform particle shape and size. Conclusion: Energy savings from the proposed method may reduce the comminution cost of woody feedstocks by more than half.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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