Next Generation Logistics Systems for Delivering Optimal Biomass Feedstocks to Biorefining Industries in the Southeastern United States Award Number: DE-EE0006639 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B5.15 Bioenergy Technologies Office Date: 06/03/2015 Loca...
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Next Generation Logistics Systems for Delivering Optimal Biomass Feedstocks to Biorefining Industries in the Southeastern United States
Award Number: DE-EE0006639
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B5.15
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Date: 06/03/2015
Location(s): TN
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of Tennessee to support research, development and demonstration of advanced biomass preprocessing systems.
Proposed project activities would include: design and development of an integrated harvest, transport, and merchandizing system; introduction of statistical, process-control methods to reduce feedstock cost and improve feedstock quality and consistency; exploring the potential to formulate feedstock blends from diverse biomass inputs; quantifying the economic and life-cycle gains; and project management. The proposed project would consist of desktop modeling, analysis and design, indoor, bench-scale laboratory work, and outdoor field work.