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Develop a suite of fully integrated economic models that will be used to evaluate the equipment. The models will calculate break-even costs including not only capital and operating costs, but also taxes, loans, and inflation. Where market prices do … [Read more...]

The team will develop a series of location-specific, macro-level indicators of changes to air quality as a result of adoption of the proposed technologies. Economic quantification of the effects of the changes to air quality will be conducted using … [Read more...]

Evaluate if and where biochar applications are appropriate on forest soils. Determine if biochar can be used to remediate mine soils. Field trials will be established on either single tree or larger plots (depending on the availability of biochar) … [Read more...]

The Conversion Technologies team proposes to develop and test three biomass conversion technologies, specifically a biochar production system, a torrefier, and a briquetter. Project activities will focus on the development of conversion technologies … [Read more...]

The Sustainability Analysis team will evaluate the economic feasibility, along with the social and environmental impacts, of the three proposed in-­woods biomass conversion technologies being studied in Conversion Technologies. Incorporated into … [Read more...]

How We’ll Solve the Problem   Feedstocks Development Develop innovative methods and strategies to convert forest residues into high quality biomass feedstocks that meet the specification requirements (e.g., size, moisture content, and … [Read more...]

Read the latest findings and observations from our project team members. … [Read more...]

We’re researching how to create high-value products from the forest residues left after timber operations so they can be used for bioenergy and bio-based products. Read the latest published reports The project's expected outcomes are: … [Read more...]

Biomass Conversion Technologies The Conversion Technologies team will scale-up the most promising prototype units for three biomass conversion technologies — biochar production system, torrefier, and briquetter — to sizes appropriate for achieving … [Read more...]