This is the first time I see how the different components of the plant decompose in their own tempo. I see torrefaction as a pre-processing method which is low tech, can be done locally after harvest and ensures the product will next not change further even not in the rain. I I would rather do methane fermentation on very wet materials like duckweed, water hyacinth etc. . One loses otherwise too much energy for torrefaction (??)and besides I don't see now if non woody materials can be compressed in good briquettes. Compression into briquettes saves a lot of space for transport? Ordinary transport of a lot of branches, leaves etc means losing a lot of space and is not profitable. We don't want good agricultural land to be used for biomass and so we could use the sides of the roads/high ways for this purpose. I think a thick border of the right biomass would also absorb noise, pollution and cars crashing into it, would not be harmed. (elephants grass?) At first this business could be run by the government/city therefore. Unemployed people, refugees etc. could harvest and cut the biomass in piece in exchange for "something extra". Doing nothing, being forced out is psychologically damaging. The product can wait more or less locally after torrefaction. A big truck from the (private) pyrolysis company does regularly his round to collect. About torrefaction itself, I have no idea if a transportable oven is possible, with preferably delivering the heat with microwaves?? The electricity is of course the problem but perhaps transportable solar panels could deliver it on places where the grid access is too hard.
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This is the first time I see how the different components of the plant decompose in their own tempo.
I see torrefaction as a pre-processing method which is low tech, can be done locally after harvest and ensures the product will next not change further even not in the rain.
I I would rather do methane fermentation on very wet materials like duckweed, water hyacinth etc. . One loses otherwise too much energy for torrefaction (??)and besides I don't see now if non woody materials can be compressed in good briquettes.
Compression into briquettes saves a lot of space for transport? Ordinary transport of a lot of branches, leaves etc means losing a lot of space and is not profitable.
We don't want good agricultural land to be used for biomass and so we could use the sides of the roads/high ways for this purpose. I think a thick border of the right biomass would also absorb noise, pollution and cars crashing into it, would not be harmed. (elephants grass?)
At first this business could be run by the government/city therefore. Unemployed people, refugees etc. could harvest and cut the biomass in piece in exchange for "something extra". Doing nothing, being forced out is psychologically damaging.
The product can wait more or less locally after torrefaction. A big truck from the (private) pyrolysis company does regularly his round to collect.
About torrefaction itself, I have no idea if a transportable oven is possible, with preferably delivering the heat with microwaves?? The electricity is of course the problem but perhaps transportable solar panels could deliver it on places where the grid access is too hard.
I want to have torrefication unit at Gujarat, India. Can you guide to have technology and plant on turnkey basis. Thanks. Bharat Ghiya .
Where are torrefied pellets manufacturing units in India plz
share whole method of LCA with software use
Can you tell difference between pyrolysis and torrefaction
Torrefaction is from 200 to 300 only while pyrolysis is from 200 up 700