International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology.
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
The purpose of this project is to identify a method to cost-effectively utilize manure and other abundant agricultural wastes to produce useful energy. A fuel made from this resource has the potential to reduce farmers' waste disposal and energy expenses, mitigate negative environmental impacts caused by excessive and inappropriately stored manure, and improve the economic viability of farm operations. This research project designed, produced and...
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Renewable energy production is intermittent and not always available when needed. The ideal storage system will provide an agricultural producer the option of either (a) using the energy stored, as needed, to power large loads such as irrigations pumps, or (b) selling excess or stored energy back to the utility during peak load. Lastly, an underlying requirement of iCAST's CAES pilot was to provide the agricultural community an affordable energy storage...
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Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Overall the findings of the project indicate the technologies that exist on a larger scale pose several challenges on a smaller scale. Technical challenges include finding equipment that has a small capacity while still maintaining the efficiencies of a large scale plant. In addition, financial challenges arose from the initial cost analysis. The findings indicate the cost of torrefied biomass is well above the going market price for energy on a BTU/lb...
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
The primary goal of this project is to provide agricultural producers the best energy storage solution that will maximize the benefits of generating their own energy from various renewable energy systems. Without an energy storage device, producers are forced to sell their renewable energy at very low prices to their utility and then have to buy energy from the utility at a much higher rate. The ideal storage system will provide a producer the option...
