Biomass and Bioenergy Research Group (BBRG) in Clean Energy Center at the University of British Columbia conducts innovative research in biomass densification, preprocessing, resource management, material characteriza-tion, and supply logistics. Below is a list of projects done or being done in BBRG:
- Biomass steam explosion for improved densification
- Simulation and verification of logistics of biomass (woody and herbaceous) supply chains
- Self heating of wood pellets in storage
- Off gassing kinetics related to pellet physical properties
- Airflow pressure drop in bulk wood pellets
- Studies on GIS based availability and supply of cereal straw as a feedstock for a biorefinery in Peace River Region
- Bioenergy densification (pelletization)
- Energy input and manufacturing costs for producing torrefied biomass pellets
- Optimization of Forest Biomass Supply and Logistics
- An investigation of size reduction and biomass feedstock quality
- Hydrothermal pretreatment of cellulosic biomass for pelletization
- Optimizing pellet durability to minimize dust
- Biodrying of biomass
- Techno-economic analysis of renewable energy source options for a district heating project
- Characterization of woody biomass using spectrophotometry
- Development of protocol for evaluating the material characteristics for pelletization
- Life-Cycle Analysis of Exported Wood Pellets from Canada to Europe
