Biomass Processing and Handling
Biomass Processing Facilities
- Walk-in trailer for biomass hauling and temporary storage
- Batch autoclave that operates up to 2200 psi
- 7.5-ton/day coal or biomass continuous process development unit
- Complete fuel-handling, crushing, shredding, and chipping preparation facilities for developing and testing process methods for fuel preparation
Previous Resource Assessments at the EERC
- Wheat straw
- Hybrid poplar
- Rice straw
- Sunflower hulls
- Alfalfa
- Municipal solid waste
- Flax straw
- Sewage sludge
- Animal manures or litter
- Paper mill sludge
- Corn stover
- Lignin from cellulosic ethanol processing
- Switchgrass
- Many types of wood residue
- Beet tailings
- Potato residues
Material Analysis
Material analyses can measure organic and inorganic materials, among other parameters, including the following:
- All ranks and varieties of coal and biomass
- Combustion or gasification ash and deposits
- Leachates
- Residues
- Wastes
- Gaseous and liquid process by-products
- Effluents
