WINROCK INTERNATIONAL. INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Industrial energy and electrical power from wood residues
Although wood residues are widely used in the United States and some other developed countries to produce industrial process heat, to generate electricity, and for space heating, such uses are not yet common in developing countries.
1991
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Abstract
This report describes the characteristics, availability, and uses of forest residues from logging and land clearing and of mill residues from forest products industries. It provides an introduction to commercially available technology and equipment for the collection, transportation, preparation, and combustion of wood residue fuels. It discusses the use of wood residues for producing industrial process heat and mechanical and electrical power. Finally, it summarizes factors influencing the economic attractiveness of wood residue utilization for energy and assesses the environmental impacts of wood residue disposal techniques and of production of energy from residues. (Author abstract)
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