Biomass supply chain equipment for renewable fuels production: A review

L Martinez-Valencia, D Camenzind, M Wigmosta… - Biomass and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The production of renewable fuels is a critical component of global strategies to reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Moreover, the collection of raw materials for its …

Scalable, economical, and stable sequestration of agricultural fixed carbon

E Yablonovitch, HW Deckman - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
We describe a scalable, economical solution to the carbon dioxide problem. CO2 is
captured from the atmosphere by plants, and the harvested vegetation is then buried in an …

Harvesting system design and performance

SK Mathanker, AC Hansen - … and science of biomass feedstock production …, 2014 - Springer
Bioenergy crop harvesting is a critical operation affecting bioenergy supply logistics. It
includes the tasks of cutting, gathering, and conditioning of bioenergy crop so as to make it …

A new energy crop onopordum spp.: A research on biofuel properties

M Acaroglu, E Baser, H Aydogan, E Canli - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Onopordum spp. is investigated experimentally for biofuel properties. The plant is
introduced, biofuel production processes are explained, and exergy destruction is …

Energy requirements for biomass harvest and densification

K Shinners, J Friede - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
This research quantified the unit and bulk density of several biomass crops across a variety
of harvest and processing methods, as well as the energy and fuel requirements for these …

Pressure and specific energy requirements for densification of compost derived from swine solid fraction

N Pampuro, A Facello, E Cavallo - Spanish Journal of …, 2013 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Compost derived from swine solid fraction is a low density material (bulk density less than
500 kg m-3). This makes it costly to transport from production sites to areas where it could be …

Effect of stem crushing on the uniaxial bulk compression behaviour of switchgrass and miscanthus

AP Turner, MP Sama, LS Bryson, MD Montross - Biosystems Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The bulk density with current baling technology is too low to utilise the full transportation
capacity. For square bales, bulk density is limited by the pressure generated by the baler …

Energy requirements for wood chip compaction and transportation

N Pampuro, G Bagagiolo, E Cavallo - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Wood chips represent one of the most popular biomass fuel in latest cogenerating plants
and in small heating systems. This fuel, being characterized by low bulk density, requires …

Control system for a continuous compaction large square baler

DE Flick, CM Nigon, KJ Shinners, JC Friede - Computers and Electronics in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bale density impacts the cost to harvest, aggregate, store and transport hay or biomass. To
achieve legal transport weight limits in many countries, the large square bale (LSBe) wet …

Reshaping and recompressing round biomass bales

NC Lacy, KJ Shinners - Transactions of the ASABE, 2016 - elibrary.asabe.org
Recompressing bales to achieve greater density can reduce biomass storage and
transportation costs, but researchon recompressing round biomass bales is limited. Bi-axial …