Energy Utilization of Woody Biomass

Process Integration to Increase Woody Biomass Utilization for Energy Purposes

Woody biomass is an abundant renewable energy resource in Sweden, and the Swedish government has been promoting research and development programs for the exploitation of this resource as a means to meet the targets on the reduction of the carbon dioxide emissions from the industrial, energy and transportation sectors. This thesis aims at expanding the knowledge on the efficient utilization of t...

Sustainable Production of Woody Biomass for Energy

Economic impacts of woody biomass utilization for bioenergy in Mississippi

This study examined the economic impacts of woody biomass utilization for bioenergy conversion in Mississippi. Analysis of economic impacts was organized around three groups of events: (1) recovery of logging and thinning residues, (2) electricity generation from cofiring systems, and (3) construction and operation of biofuel facilities. Input–output analysis was used to simulate economic impac...

Conventional Wisdoms of Woody Biomass Utilization on Federal Public Lands

Existing Framing of Biomass Use Challenges Many of the physical and economic challenges to woody biomass use are well documented with most attention paid to the consistency of feedstock supply (Lynch et al. 2000, GAO 2006a, Galik et al. 2009), harvest efficiency (Hartsough et al. 2001, Han et al. 2004, Rummer 2008), processing infrastructure (Wagner et al. 1998, Fight et al. 2004, Keegan et al....

Federal and state policy influence on woody biomass utilization

A considerable portion of public lands in the United States is at risk of uncharacteristically severe wildfires due to a history of fire suppression. Wildfires already have detrimental impacts on the landscape and on communities in the wildlandurban interface (WUI) due to unnatural and overstocked forests. Strategies to mitigate wildfire risk include mechanical thinning and prescribed burning i...