Lecture 13

Question 1

Why is the harvesting and transport of bioenergy difficult for farmers

Answer 1

• Agricultural waste, such as corn stover, does not have specific handling equipment that is available to all farmers
• Dedicated crops either require modifying existing equipment or the creation of new equipment

Question 2

Why is it easier to harvest grasses

Answer 2

The infrastructure and equipment is already in place

Question 3

Type of grass that can easily be harvested

Answer 3

Sugarcane

Question 4

Sugarcane harvesters can be easily modified to handle ______

Answer 4

Any crop that resembles sugar cane

Question 5

Crops that resemble sugarcane

Answer 5

Miscanthus, switchgrass, energy cane, willow

Question 6

What is suitable for harvesting grass besides sugarcane harvesters

Answer 6

Traditional hay mowers and balers

Question 7

Why can balers sometimes impractical for harvesting grass

Answer 7

The rigid nature of the material (some grasses are chopped on site for this reason)

Question 8

Traditional equipment used to harvest trees

Answer 8

Feller buncher
Skidder

Question 9

Nordic biomass stemster MKIII

Answer 9

Harvester for trees grown as crops that take the entire tree

Question 10

How does is economically make the most sense to harvest a tree

Answer 10

Cut and chop simultaneously

Question 11

Machine that cuts and chips at the same time

Answer 11

Case New Holland

Question 12

Difference between the Case New Holland and the sugarcane harvester

Answer 12

Case New Holland can handle much larger stems

Question 13

The success of biomass to bioenergy companies hinges most critically on _______

Answer 13

Transport of biomass

Question 14

Golden zone

Answer 14

The best distance of biomass from the bioenergy facility

Question 15

General golden zone range

Answer 15

30-50 miles

Question 16

Normal yield range for poplar per day

Answer 16

4-10 tons

Question 17

Range used for poplar

Answer 17

20-80 square miles