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Auburn Biomass Harvesting Trials - Poplar Bluff Hardwoods

Auburn Biomass Harvesting Trials - Poplar Bluff Hardwoods. Brandon O’Neal Director of Education and Government Relations Missouri Forest Products Association. Biomass Harvesting System.

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Auburn Biomass Harvesting Trials - Poplar Bluff Hardwoods

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  1. Auburn Biomass Harvesting Trials - Poplar Bluff Hardwoods Brandon O’Neal Director of Education and Government Relations Missouri Forest Products Association

  2. Biomass Harvesting System • A harvesting system with the primary purpose of supplying woody “feedstock” for energy use. • Smaller version of conventional harvesting systems. • Adaptable for use in: • Southern Pine thinnings • Appalachian hardwood thinnings/TSI • Target tree diameters between 3 and 9 inches • Low capital cost

  3. Biomass System

  4. FELLING

  5. EXTRACTION

  6. LOADING/PROCESSING

  7. Estimated System Costs

  8. System Characteristics • Production rate of 3 truckloads/day • Utilization 80% • 33% indirect cost • ~$15/ton rate (5 year ownership) • Limited by • Feller-buncher • Skidder

  9. System Characteristics w/ • Production rate of 4 truckloads/day • Utilization 80% • 33% indirect cost • ~$11-12/ton rate (5 year ownership) • Limited by • Feller-buncher • Skidder

  10. Acknowledgements • Auburn Center for Biofuels and Bioproducts • Missouri Forest Products Association • John Deere • Fecon • Morbark • Awassos Inc.

  11. What’s Next w/Biomass • Conventional Harvesting Operation w/chippers • Poplar Bluff harvesting trials • Biomass BMPs • Improved Biomass Harvesting Equipment • Field Demonstration Crews • Implementing rather than researching • Bundling • Biomass – Fuel oil conversion

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