Wood Fuel Procurement to Bioenergy Facilities: Analysis of Moisture Content Variability and Optimal Sampling Strategy

Leoni, Elena; Mancini, Manuela; Aminti, Giovanni; Picchi, Gianni

doi:10.3390/pr9020359

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“…The physico-chemical properties of biochar, used as a renewable energy source, are essential for the optimalization of its production use [ 47 , 48 , 49 ]. Moisture and ash content are important parameters of the biochar quality, which precise determination is essential [ 50 ] as well as accurate determination of calorific value [ 51 ]. The fraction of individual elements (CHNS) has a major influence on the thermal output of the combustion plant [ 52 ], but also on the resulting emission concentrations during combustion of biochar fuels [ 9 ].…”

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Use of Spent Coffee Ground as an Alternative Fuel and Possible Soil Amendment

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Spent coffee ground is a massively produced coffee industry waste product whose reusage is beneficial. Proximate and ultimate and stochiometric analysis of torrefied spent coffee ground were performed and results were analyzed and compared with other research and materials. Spent coffee ground is a material with high content of carbon (above 50%) and therefore high calorific value (above 20 MJ·kg−1). Torrefaction improves the properties of the material, raising its calorific value up to 32 MJ·kg−1. Next, the phytotoxicity of the aqueous extract was tested using the cress test. The non-torrefied sample and the sample treated at 250 °C were the most toxic. The sample treated at 250 °C adversely affected the germination of the cress seeds due to residual caffeine, tannins and sulfur release. The sample treated at 350 °C performed best of all the tested samples. The sample treated at 350 °C can be applied to the soil as the germination index was higher than 50% and can be used as an alternative fuel with net calorific value comparable to fossil fuels.

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Use of Spent Coffee Ground as an Alternative Fuel and Possible Soil Amendment

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“…Ligneous biofuels may possess a high initial water content of 50 wt% to 65 wt% [20]. Factors such as storage duration, season, assortment and rain protection have a statistically significant influence on water content of woody biomass [21,22]. The water content of fresh wood chips is approximately 50 wt%, but this could vary between 66 wt% and 36 wt% according to storage conditions [21].…”

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Drying Biomass with a High Water Content—The Influence of the Final Degree of Drying on the Sizing of Indirect Dryers

2022

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This article deals with the influence of the final drying degree of moist biomass used as fuel in a power or CHP plant on indirect dryer sizing. For a description of the drying process, experiments with wet bark containing approx. 50 wt% of water were carried out in a laboratory indirect dryer. A new parameter called drying effectivity was introduced, whose size varies according to the degree of biomass being dried. Its maximum value corresponds to the optimal biomass drying, when the relative size of the indirect dryer to evaporate the required mass of water from the biomass would be smallest. Based on the experimentally determined drying characteristics of wet bark, the optimal drying of 13 wt% of water content was evaluated. If the bark was dried to a lower water content, the required relative size and price of the dryer would increase. Similarly, drying a bark with water content above 31 wt% is not very advantageous because drying effectivity continues to increase rapidly at this stage, and the required relative size of the dryer therefore decreases.

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“…This information can be used to check the accuracy of the modelled MC values and to make adjustments to the drying model(s) if required. Leoni et al [50] found that the relatively new MC measurement technique of magnetic resonance was able to provide rapid MC measurements comparable in accuracy with those of the standard oven-drying technique and without the need for fuel-specific calibration required by tools based on near-infrared.…”

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Optimizing Operational-Level Forest Biomass Logistic Costs for Storage, Chipping and Transportation through Roadside Drying

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Shillabeer

2022

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Forest biomass (FB) could supply more of Australia’s energy needs, but delivered costs must be reduced for it to be a viable energy source. Operational planning is critical to reducing delivered costs as it determines actual activities, though few operational FB supply chain (FBSC) planning tools have been published. This paper presents a “proof-of-concept” operational FBSC decision support system (DSS) to schedule FB deliveries for eight weeks from roadside storage for the least cost, taking in account moisture content changes. Four mathematical models are compared, solving a linear formulation of the FB delivery problem in terms of solution speed and delivered cost, and the practicality of implementing the solutions. The best performing model was a Greedy algorithm as it produced solutions not significantly different from those of the tested linear programming solver and was readily modified to significantly improve solution implementation through the addition of a non-linear element. FBSC planning tools typically assume accurate knowledge of stored FB quantities and that little or no rainfall occurs during storage. In practice, stored FB quantity estimates can be inaccurate due to variation in the bulk density of the piles. Improving these estimates is a critical area for future research. This study found that simulated rainfall with <20 mm during the first week of the scheduled period did not significantly effect delivered costs.

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Wood Fuel Procurement to Bioenergy Facilities: Analysis of Moisture Content Variability and Optimal Sampling Strategy

Cited by 7 publications

References 28 publications

Use of Spent Coffee Ground as an Alternative Fuel and Possible Soil Amendment

Use of Spent Coffee Ground as an Alternative Fuel and Possible Soil Amendment

Drying Biomass with a High Water Content—The Influence of the Final Degree of Drying on the Sizing of Indirect Dryers

Optimizing Operational-Level Forest Biomass Logistic Costs for Storage, Chipping and Transportation through Roadside Drying

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