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Characterisation of Feedstocks - D8 Technical Briefing Approach to Contract Amendment 1


Citation McKay, H., Hogan, G. and Croxton, S Characterisation of Feedstocks - D8 Technical Briefing Approach to Contract Amendment 1, ETI, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000243.
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Author(s) McKay, H., Hogan, G. and Croxton, S
Project partner(s) Forest Research and Uniper Technologies Ltd
Publisher ETI
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000243
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Abstract The primary objective of this Project was to provide an understanding of UK produced biomass properties, how these vary and what causes this variability. This deliverable is provided under the second phase (2016/17) of the Characterisation of Feedstocks Project. This report is a summary of the findings from the whole project, it complements the Final Reports from the first and second phases (D6 and D12) and is supported by the Excel dataset (D11). Some key findings from the report are:
  • inclusion of leaves in biomass should be avoided. An exclusion might be conifer tops where the levels of most elements were sufficiently low to not exceed quality thresholds;
  • harvesting time had a marked effect;
  • while there were species differences between SRC willow varieties, no variety combined the best ranking in all parameters across all sites;
  • there were major changesto Miscanthus quality during storage (decreasing fuel quality);
  • for growers of Miscanthus, poplar SRF and spruce SRF, the key influences on many properties, i.e. season and storage, can be manipulated;
  • SRC willow growers have a reasonable degree of control over some of the important feedstock characteristics by their choice of variety;
  • for poplar SRF and spruce SRF, many properties can be adjusted by choice of plant part to market, and harvest time
  • feedstock properties were relatively insensitive to the way spruce SRF as grown.
Associated Project(s) ETI-BI2010: Characterisation of Feedstocks
Associated Dataset(s)

Characterisation of Feedstocks

Associated Publication(s)

Characterisation of Feedstocks - Characterisation of biomass feedstocks database

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D12 Final report on investigations into the effect of harvest time and variety on willow SRC and the effect of harvest time and storage method on Miscanthus quality

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D13 Synthesis Report of Phase 1 and Phase 2

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D1 Detailed Schedule of Work

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D2 Methodology and Sampling Consistency Report; Database Design

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1)

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) - Appendix 10 - Part 1: Willow SRC study 1 graphs

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) - Appendix 10 - Part 3: Graphs for Willow SRC IFV study

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) - Appendix 11: Null Hypothesis Tables

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) - Appendix 12 - Part 1: Charts for poplar SRF

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) - Appendix 13 - Part 1: Graphs for Spruce SRF Study 1

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) Appendix 1: D6 Scope and Acceptance Criteria

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) Appendix 4: Miscanthus IVF maps

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) Appendix 6: Summary of statistics for fresh feedstocks

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) Appendix 7: Charts comparing all feedstocks

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) Appendix 8 Part 1: Miscanthus Study 1 graphs

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) - Appendix 8 - part 3: Miscanthus Infield Variation Charts

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D6 Final Report (Phase 1) - Appendix 9: Total feedstock variance explained by consideration of the structured factors using REML, expressed as % of total variance

Characterisation of Feedstocks - D7 Executive Report Presentation

Characterisation of Feedstocks - Final Project Presentations to ETI Slide Set - Summary of Findings from Phase 1 and Phase 2, presented at the ETI on 16th March 2017

Characterisation of Feedstocks - Final report on investigations into the effect of harvest time and variety on willow SRC and the effect of harvest time and storage method on Miscanthus quality - Appendices

Characterisation of Feedstocks - Request for Proposal

Making efficient use of bioenergy feedstocks for cleaner, greener energy