1. Reed canary grass as an energy crop Håkan Örberg Unit of biomass technology and chemistry

2. Reed Canary Grass research at SLU/BTK Establishing crop Crop treatment Harvesting and transport Storage Upgrading to Briquettes and pellets Combustion

3. Perennial rhizomatous Grass Reed Canary Grass A high yield crop in humid areas Resistant to diseases and damage by insects Establishing by seeding Agricultural machineries can be used by harvesting and seeding

4. Delayed harvest of Reed Canary Grass 1. Washing by winter rain gives lower K and Cl contents 2. Harvest in early spring time gives dry material. 12-15 % water 3.High losses

5. Regions in screening trails

6. Yield of delayed harvested RCG in Northern Europe

7. Fertilizing kg/ha Year 1+2 N P K 150 40 150 Year 3-10/year 80 10 10 Based on a yield of: 7500 kg/ha

10. Harvesting studies Harvesting methods Combination of machineries Capacity measurements Defining period length of harvest Defining yield and losses Defining d.m.values

16. Storage studies Different cover methods Different stacking methods Time consumption Cost calculating

20. Upgrading to pellets or briquettes Capacity and quality measurements Electrical consumption measurements Optimizing processing parameters: - Grinding, sieving, steam conditioning - Die type System analysis

21. Bio fuel pilot plant

22. Conveyor and shredder

23. Briquette machine

24. Pellets press

25. Combustion Combustion tests Emission measurements Ash melting characteristics Combustion efficiency

26. Boiler 150-600 kW

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