This Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC) case study explores the research on how to more accurately predict the variability of incoming feedstock streams due to changes during storage.
December 17, 2021
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Moisture migration through biomass bale stacks creates zones of varying degradation that behave differently in preprocessing and conversion operations. In this study, Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium researchers developed a mathematical model of degradation zones within a corn stover bale stack based on moisture migration over the course of one year. This allows researchers to more accurately predict the variability of incoming feedstock streams due to changes during storage.