Pilot Silvicultural Biomass Farm Layout and Design: Comparative Energetic and Cost Assessment of Irrigation Alternatives at the Savannah River Plant (American Sycamore, European Alder, Slash Pine)

摘要

As a follow-on to the report, Design of a Pilot Silvicultural Biomass Farm at the Savannah River Plant, the MITRE Corporation has performed a comparative assessment of two irrigation alternatives, and recommends that the trickle irrigation system be installed for the proposed 600-acre Jackson site of the Pilot Silvicultural Biomass Farm. The report compares the farm layout, capital and operating costs, critical path items and energy efficiencies for trickle and sprinkler irrigation systems. (ERA citation 08:040486)