Wood Combustion Articles & Analysis

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By Zhengzhou Kerui (Group) Refractory Co., Ltd

As being the name suggests, a wood charcoal making machine is utilized to make charcoal from biomass. Charcoal continues to be made for centuries through similar processes in different parts of the globe. It really is a clean fuel with high energy density and this is, it will always be in demand. Within the last few decades, charcoal has found uses in various other industries such as beauty ...

By Beston Group Co., Ltd.

EUROSOLAR leads the good fight in climate stabilisation efforts, united with many others. We are prepared to accelerate and escalate renewable energy uptake to 100% and beyond ever more rapidly – with a growing community of allies of all ranks and ages – from green bankers to elementary school students. On this World Climate Emergency Strike Day we call for a supportive Renewable ...

By The European Association for Renewable Energy (Eurosolar)

Today there are a number of manufacturers which have produced charcoal making machines that utilize raw materials such as rice husk, plant materials, and coconut shells. The coconut shell charcoal making machine have solved the problem of an environmentally friendly way to recycle coconut shells as well as to convert this kind of rich raw material into numerous economic advantages. Concerning The ...

By Beston Group Co., Ltd.

The Government’s updated Clean Air Strategy includes a move towards tougher regulation of particulate emissions from domestic wood burners and open stoves. Increasing in popularity over the last decade, solid fuel sources are thought to contribute 38% of the UK’s emissions of particulate matter. However, awareness of the pollution problem caused by these sources is low compared to ...

By The Aerosol Society

From the beginning of 2018, UAB "Enerstena", together with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and 8 other partners from Lithuania, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom, will launch a new bio-plant project for biofuel conversion to gas. "The new bio-plant will not burn wood chips, sawdust or other biomass, but will convert it to gas, from which it will produce necessary product for ...

By Lithuanian Biomass Energy Association (LITBIOMA)

As biofuel is known as an alternative to diesel fuel, there are other uses. Many assume that the material is used just for transportation. But biofuel can provide hydrogen, clean up oil, work as cooking oil and more. Biofuels can work as an alternative to replacing energy needs from vehicle fuel to central home heating. Here are the top ten uses for biofuel. 1. Transportation More than 30% ...

By SG Bio Fuels

WBA is pleased to welcome 1 full member and 7 associated members to our association. As we are a member based organization, these new companies and associations give us a major boost in our mission to promote sustainable bioenergy globally and to support the business environment for bioenergy. Full Member - Bioenergy 2.0 Association Associated Members - WSP Sverige AB, Victor Energy ApS, World ...

By World Bioenergy Association (WBA)

Tom Hellauer reports in The Missourian on the continuing trend toward wood and natural gas and away from coal as fuel for the University of Missouri (MU) Power Plant. The University of Missouri is a member of the International District Energy Association (IDEA). The MU Power Plant continues to throttle back on its use of coal in the face of stiffening environmental regulations and the ...

By International District Energy Association (IDEA)

India's Supreme Court has ordered a state government to remove a wood-burning crematorium from near the Taj Mahal to protect the iconic monument from pollution damage. The judges said Monday that the government of Uttar Pradesh state could either move the crematorium away from the Taj Mahal or install an electric one in its place. They made their order after a letter from another Supreme Court ...

By The Associated Press

World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. It serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that generates an exponential positive impact on the planet. WED theme this year is "Seven Billion ...

By DelAgua Group

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year more than 400 Americans die from unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning, more than 20,000 visit the emergency room and more than 4,000 are hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide, or CO, is an odorless, colorless gas that can cause sudden illness and death. People and animals can all be at ...

By Zimmetry Environmental

In a settlement with the United States, Consumers Energy, a subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation, has agreed to install pollution control technology, continue operating existing pollution controls and comply with emission rates to reduce harmful air pollution from the company’s five coal-fired power plants located in West Olive, Essexville, Muskegon and Luna Pier, Michigan, the Department ...

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Installed capacity of modern wood heating systems under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) have broken through the 1GW milestone earlier this month, thanks to strong demand in commercial, industrial and public sector organisations. Modern wood heating boilers burn wood pellets, chips, briquettes or logs and feed the heat into a central heating system or, in some cases, directly into industrial ...

By Inprova Energy

In a settlement with the United States, Minnesota Power, an ALLETE company based in Duluth, has agreed to install pollution control technology and meet stringent emission rates to reduce harmful air pollution from the company’s three coal-fired power plants located in Cohasset, Hoyt Lakes, and Schroeder, Minnesota, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

A federal proposal to clean up the smoke wafting from wood-burning stoves has sparked a backlash from some rural residents, lawmakers and manufacturers who fear it could close the damper on one of the oldest ways of warming homes on cold winter days. Proposed regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would significantly reduce the amount of particle pollution allowed from the ...

By The Associated Press

18,000 professionals from Europe and Latin America in the field of biomass energy utilization sought technological solutions at the international specialized exhibition Expobioenergia in Valladolid, Spain from 22 to 24 October 2013. Considerable interest among the visitors to one of the largest exhibitions of technologies related to biomass in Europe caused represented by Ekoterm Project biomass ...

By Ekoterm Proekt EAD

New maps and a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Dogwood Alliance reveal the ecological threat a major wood pellet manufacturing mill in Ahoskie, North Carolina, poses to surrounding endangered forests. The facility, operated by the South’s largest exporter of wood pellets, Enviva, produces approximately 400,000 tons of wood pellets per year to ship ...

By Natural Resources Defense Council

Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of another online video to help educate people about issues that may impact their health. Their latest educational video discusses carbon monoxide and its effect on humans. According to the CDC, each year more than 400 Americans die from unintentional carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, more than 20,000 visit the ...

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

In New York City, The Army Corp of Engineers, the US EPA and FEMA are using a much better alternative to wood debris removal than in many past disasters. They are using Air Curtain Burners by Air Burners, Inc., the most cost effective and environmentally sensitive method of eliminating vegetative waste. Air Curtain machines do not require grinding or chipping. Whole logs, branches and root balls ...

By Air Burners, Inc.