Direct and indirect costs of transporting wood chips to supply a wood-fired power plant
The type of transportation system employed by a wood-fired power plant (WFPP) will have a major impact on the success or failure of that operation. Procedures employed in transporting the wood influence the cost and the community's acceptance of the plant. Several alternative designs of a trans...
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ftosti:oai:osti.gov:6057124 2023-07-30T04:05:31+02:00 Direct and indirect costs of transporting wood chips to supply a wood-fired power plant Adler, T.J. Blakey, M. Meyer, T. 2022-02-22 application/pdf http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6057124 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6057124 https://doi.org/10.2172/6057124 unknown http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6057124 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6057124 https://doi.org/10.2172/6057124 doi:10.2172/6057124 29 ENERGY PLANNING POLICY AND ECONOMY 09 BIOMASS FUELS 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION CONSUMPTION AND UTILIZATION POWER PLANTS WOOD WASTES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CHARGES VERMONT TRANSPORT COST DATA COMPILATION GRAPHS LEASES MAINE MAINTENANCE NOISE POLLUTION RAILWAYS ROADS TABLES TAXES TRUCKS DATA DATA FORMS INFORMATION NORTH AMERICA NORTH ATLANTIC REGION NUMERICAL DATA POLLUTION SOLID WASTES USA VEHICLES WASTES 2022 ftosti https://doi.org/10.2172/6057124 2023-07-11T10:44:38Z The type of transportation system employed by a wood-fired power plant (WFPP) will have a major impact on the success or failure of that operation. Procedures employed in transporting the wood influence the cost and the community's acceptance of the plant. Several alternative designs of a transportation system for a hypothetical 50-MW WFPP in Vermont are analyzed. Two means - truck and rail - of moving the fuel, wood chips, from the harvest site to the WFPP are investigated. Either transportation system will require special techniques for loading and unloading wood chips. For trucking, the system would include unloading equipment at the plant. For rail transport, truck-train transfer equipment is needed, along with machinery to unload the railcars at the plant. The direct cost of both systems is summarized with their possible variations, as accurately as possible, and compare the general cost ranges of the two. Although cost factors will vary greatly depending on the location and particular design specifications of the WFPP, it is concluded that the 35-truck fleet is probably the least-cost system in terms of capital costs. The analysis concludes that the specific WFPP site has a strong influence on the costs - direct and indirect - of the various possible transportation systems. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic SciTec Connect (Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy) |
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29 ENERGY PLANNING POLICY AND ECONOMY 09 BIOMASS FUELS 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION CONSUMPTION AND UTILIZATION POWER PLANTS WOOD WASTES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CHARGES VERMONT TRANSPORT COST DATA COMPILATION GRAPHS LEASES MAINE MAINTENANCE NOISE POLLUTION RAILWAYS ROADS TABLES TAXES TRUCKS DATA DATA FORMS INFORMATION NORTH AMERICA NORTH ATLANTIC REGION NUMERICAL DATA POLLUTION SOLID WASTES USA VEHICLES WASTES |
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29 ENERGY PLANNING POLICY AND ECONOMY 09 BIOMASS FUELS 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION CONSUMPTION AND UTILIZATION POWER PLANTS WOOD WASTES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CHARGES VERMONT TRANSPORT COST DATA COMPILATION GRAPHS LEASES MAINE MAINTENANCE NOISE POLLUTION RAILWAYS ROADS TABLES TAXES TRUCKS DATA DATA FORMS INFORMATION NORTH AMERICA NORTH ATLANTIC REGION NUMERICAL DATA POLLUTION SOLID WASTES USA VEHICLES WASTES Adler, T.J. Blakey, M. Meyer, T. Direct and indirect costs of transporting wood chips to supply a wood-fired power plant |
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29 ENERGY PLANNING POLICY AND ECONOMY 09 BIOMASS FUELS 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION CONSUMPTION AND UTILIZATION POWER PLANTS WOOD WASTES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CHARGES VERMONT TRANSPORT COST DATA COMPILATION GRAPHS LEASES MAINE MAINTENANCE NOISE POLLUTION RAILWAYS ROADS TABLES TAXES TRUCKS DATA DATA FORMS INFORMATION NORTH AMERICA NORTH ATLANTIC REGION NUMERICAL DATA POLLUTION SOLID WASTES USA VEHICLES WASTES |
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The type of transportation system employed by a wood-fired power plant (WFPP) will have a major impact on the success or failure of that operation. Procedures employed in transporting the wood influence the cost and the community's acceptance of the plant. Several alternative designs of a transportation system for a hypothetical 50-MW WFPP in Vermont are analyzed. Two means - truck and rail - of moving the fuel, wood chips, from the harvest site to the WFPP are investigated. Either transportation system will require special techniques for loading and unloading wood chips. For trucking, the system would include unloading equipment at the plant. For rail transport, truck-train transfer equipment is needed, along with machinery to unload the railcars at the plant. The direct cost of both systems is summarized with their possible variations, as accurately as possible, and compare the general cost ranges of the two. Although cost factors will vary greatly depending on the location and particular design specifications of the WFPP, it is concluded that the 35-truck fleet is probably the least-cost system in terms of capital costs. The analysis concludes that the specific WFPP site has a strong influence on the costs - direct and indirect - of the various possible transportation systems. |
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Adler, T.J. Blakey, M. Meyer, T. |
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Adler, T.J. Blakey, M. Meyer, T. |
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Direct and indirect costs of transporting wood chips to supply a wood-fired power plant |
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Direct and indirect costs of transporting wood chips to supply a wood-fired power plant |
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Direct and indirect costs of transporting wood chips to supply a wood-fired power plant |
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