Efficient production and supply system of woody biomas fuel for small sized, non-concentrated burning equipments

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25450214
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Forest science
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: Yasushi Suzuki 高知大学, 教育研究部自然科学系農学部門, 准教授 (20216451)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 林学 / 森林工学 / バイオマス / 再生可能エネルギー / 環境調和型農林業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order for rural mountainous area to be independent on economy as well as energy, regional utilization system of woody biomass was examined for logging residues from man-made forests and unused broad-leaved forests. The recovered wood is to be used for boiler facilities in the region. Fuel types were wood chip, wood pellets, and fire wood. The supposed best mixture of those fuel types were exploited subject to minimize total cost including recovering, processing, transportation, and final consumption at the facility. As of indices for evaluation, not only total cost, but also energy consumption, rural employment, and woody resource potential were considered. While effectiveness of fire wood boiler was proved for total cost, the other indices have not sufficiently examined so they should be further inspected.

Free Research Field

林業工学