Biomass Feasibility Study for Milan, Indiana and Kansas Army Ammunition Plants,
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of using solid biomass fuel instead of coal as boiler fuel at the Army Ammunition Plants (AAPs) at Parsons, Kansas, Milan, Tennessee, and Charlestown, Indiana. The study showed that only Milan AAP had a mature forest large enough to supply the Minimum Sustaining Rate (MSR) central boiler fuel but the delivered cost was greater than that of available coal. Only mill waste fuel (sawdust and bark) has a lower delivered price than coal at the three AAPs. At Milan AAP and Indiana AAP, adequate supplies of mill waste fuel are available to satisfy MSR central boiler fuel needs. No type of biomass fuel is practical at any of the AAPs for meeting central boiler fuel requirements for mobilization. Coal must be used as the primary fuel for this condition. Life cycle cost analyses of the entire central boiler plants at Milan AAP and Indiana AAP are necessary to determine if the use of sawdust and bark fuels is truly competitive with bituminous coal. Thus no biomass fuel can be recommended as a primary boiler fuel at any of the three AAP's at this time.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA150814
Entities
People
- G. R. Guinn
- J. F. Peters
- M. C. Ziemke
Organizations
- University of Alabama in Huntsville