Overview of Considerations in Assessing the Biomass Potential of Army Installations.

Abstract

This report provides Army installations an overview of necessary considerations for evaluating the feasibility of using forest resources (biomass) as an alternative source of fuel, identifies state-of-the-art land management techniques needed for biomass harvest and management, and provides a comprehensive annotated bibliography on biomass materials. The report focuses on: (1) procedures for evaluating biomass availability, (2) techniques of harvesting biomass, (3) the feasibility of military development of energy plantations, (4) the economic feasibility of using biomass, (5) managerial and legal constraints, and (6) ecological and silvicultural implications of biomass use. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107132

Entities

People

  • D. J. Hunt
  • Harold E. Balbach
  • Robert S. Baran
  • W. D. Severinghaus

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Calorific Value
  • Combustion
  • Ecology
  • Economic Analysis
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Forests
  • Geography
  • Habitats
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Combustion
  • Materials Science
  • Natural Resources
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Forest Ecology
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.