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Agricultural Residue
There are several types of agricultural residues (materials remaining above the ground after harvesting) such as straw or stubble from wheat, grass seed, rye, barley, corn, and also pruning of fruit and nut tree orchards and nursery plants.
Best practices should be employed to leave adequate residue behind to enrich the soil and prevent soil erosion. The remaining residue can be collected as feedstock for T-wood by drying and torrefying.
According to the Oregon Department of Energy, "In 2003, approximately 1.5 million dry tons of agricultural residue was available from farming activities in Oregon. The energy content of this resource was about 27 trillion Btu. This amount of agricultural residue could be converted into approximately 213 average megawatts of electricity." [Read more...]
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