November 1998 !

NREL/TP-570-25885

Report on Biomass Drying Technology

Wade A. Amos National Renewable Energy Laboratory

National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, Colorado 80401-3393 A national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy Managed by Midwest Research Institute for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No. DE-AC36-83CH10093

NREL/TP-570-25885

Report on Biomass Drying Technology

Wade A. Amos National Renewable Energy Laboratory

National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, Colorado 80401-3393 A national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy Managed by Midwest Research Institute for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No. DE-AC36-83CH10093 Prepared under Task No. GT818510 November 1998

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3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED Technical Report 5. FUNDING NUMBERS BP911030

4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Report on Biomass Drying Technology

6. AUTHOR(S) W.A. Amos 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, CO 80401-3393 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, CO 80401-3393 11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT National Technical Information Service U.S. Department of Commerce 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words) Using dry fuel provides significant benefits to combustion boilers, mainly increased boiler efficiency, lower air emissions, and improved boiler operation. The three main choices for drying biomass are rotary dryers, flash dryers, and superheated steam dryers. Which dryer is chosen for a particular application depends very much on the material characteristics of the biomass, the opportunities for integrating the process and dryer, and the environmental controls needed or already available. 14. SUBJECT TERMS rotary dryer, flash dryer, superheated steam dryer, combustion boiler, cascade dryer, biomass, dried fuel 15. NUMBER OF PAGES 34 16. PRICE CODE 12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE 10. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER NREL/TP-570-25885 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER

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