Bioenergy Technology Selection Matrix

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Potential Biomass Feedstocks

The following are potential biomass feedstocks:

Manure

  • Cattle
  • Dairy
    • Slurry
    • Solids
  • Swine
    • Slurry
    • Solids
  • Poultry
    • Poultry litter
    • Layer manure (dry)
    • Layer manure (wet)

Agricultural harvesting residues

  • Straw
  • Corn stalks

Agricultural processing residues

  • Nut shells / fruit pits
  • Cotton gin trash

Wood resources

  • Whole tree chips
    • Tree crops & unmerchantable trees
    • Harvesting residues
    • Forestry undergrowth removal
  • Processing residues
    • Sawdust
    • Bark
    • Hog fuel
    • Wood flour
  • Urban wood waste
    • Hog fuel
  • C&D recovered wood
    • Hog fuel

Agricultural crops

  • Starch (grain) crops
  • Sugar crops
  • Oil seed crops
  • Grass crops
  • Woody crops (see wood feedstocks)

Food processing wastes

  • Sugar
  • Starch
  • Vegetable oils
  • Animal fats/greases
  • Cellulose

Municipal Solid Waste (RDF)

  • as RDF
  • as a slurry

Yard waste

Municipal Biosolids


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