Progress 04/01/23 to 03/31/24
Outputs
Target Audience:Academic researchers, agricultural communities, agricultural industries, farm owners, energy industry developers, rural community development planners, designers, and other stakeholders. Changes/Problems:Another project member has moved to anoher university and a subaward had to be created. There were some administrative delays in the subaward processing for both the former PD of the project and the team member.Now that the subwards have been created and grants processed, the project team is on the track to complete the project succcessfully by March 31, 2025. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project has offered several opportunities for training and professional development of graduate and undergraduate research students including the following: Team members have gained expertise in conducting literature reviews, performing product surveys, and utilizing modeling tools specific to bCHP systems. Team members have improved their skills in developing design strategies tailored to different rural community contexts, enhancing their problem-solving abilities and creativity. Through conducting additional case studies, team members have enhanced their analytical and critical thinking skills, learning to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios. Presenting at conferences has provided team members with opportunities to improve their communication and presentation skills, as well as network with professionals in the field. A new graduate student (Kaitlyn Gordon) was hired to start working on the project June 1, 2023, and she is pursuing a master's degree in Agricultural Technology. Team members have improved their skills in developing curricula focused on educating youth audiences. Presenting at conferences has provided team members with opportunities to improve their communication and presentation skills, as well as network with professionals in the field. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The IRR is freely and publicly available online for public and academic uses. There were several contacts from government agencies and university researchers to use the IRR for their purposes. The team instructed the details and proper usage for them. The findings of the study have been shared through conference presentations and published proceedings. Our team presented modeling techniques and design strategies tailored for bCHP systems, showcasing their potential for successful implementation across diverse rural community contexts during the project's reporting year. Environmental impact and life cycle assessment studies outcomes were presented at an invited seminar at Purdue University as well as at an invited webinar for academic-research-industry experts organized by SEDAC Center at UIUC. The results have been shared through poster presentations and demonstrations to 4-H groups (participants and volunteer leaders) and other local youth audiences. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?From Task 1.1, a manuscript discussing the energy burden disparity between urban and rural areas in the U.S. will be submitted to Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy journal. The team will analyze the county-level agricultural production, focusing on livestock and poultry and energy necessity, by combining various data sources. Results will be disseminated through scholarly publications and at national conferences such as 2024 NARSC or 2025 Annual Meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA). The project team assigned to Task 1.2 will conduct further optimization analysis on the design and operational strategy of bCHP systems for various rural communities in the upcoming reporting period. Utilizing insights gained from this optimization study, the team aims to create a comprehensive design guide for bCHP systems tailored specifically for effective implementation in rural settings. Task 2.1. The team plans to accomplish the following goals before the next reporting period: (i) Developing a reliable feedstock supply chain system to deliver biomass to bCHP sites with priorities (e.g., hospitals may be a high-priority customer over a single household); (ii) Testing and validating the model in coastal rural counties in Mississippi; (iii) Understanding the barriers and system integration plans of managing and implementing such a reliable feedstock supply system Task 2.2. The team plans to accomplish the following goals in the next year: (i) Environmental impact and life cycle assessment studies for various agricultural and bioenergy applications including rural communities will be studied. (ii) Results will be disseminated at national conferences. In addition, at least two manuscripts will be prepared for possible publication in relevant journals. Task 3: The team plans to accomplish the following goals in the next year: (i) Additional modules will be developed as part of the Extension program 'Powering Local Communities' to share information on different types of renewable energy and related topics (grants to help fund renewable energy options) with adult audiences, including local officials and utility stakeholders. (ii) As the modules are delivered, evaluations will continue to be collected and analyzed to ensure proper delivery and implementation of this program. In addition, a geospatial analysis will be conducted to evaluate rural areas in need of additional energy supplies to biomass supplies in the state of Mississippi.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Task 1.1 Under this task, the Index of Relative Rurality Index (IRR) was published online as a part of the results and contributions. https://zenodo.org/record/7675745#.ZBio1XbMJhF The snapshot of the IRR index is available at: https://sites.google.com/site/akim0402/appendix The investigators are collecting economic data on livestock and food processing to discuss county-level energy use and the possibility of bCHP adoption for rural and isolated areas. Two major research presentation were made at national conferences which discuss the disparity in energy burdens between urban and rural areas in the U.S. Based on the feedback from these presentations, a journal manuscript in being prepared for possible publication. Task 1.2 The project team conducted supplementary literature reviews and surveyed available bCHP systems in the market. Models for various configurations of bCHP systems were evaluated. Design strategies tailored to diverse rural community types were formulated. The team conducted further case studies focused on rural communities. Task 2.1. The team developed a three-stage stochastic programming model to design a reliable feedstock supply system, where decisions are made sequentially to realistically represent pre-and-post disaster situations under uncertain infrastructure status (e.g., unavailability of the road and facility conditions) and customer demand situations. In stage one, pre-disaster decisions are made (e.g., the opening of depots and regular feedstock transportation decisions), while stages two and three represent, respectively, immediate decisions following a disaster (e.g., damaged timber transportation, pellet production) and post-disaster decisions (e.g., transportation pellets to end-users, storage) with a timeframe between several days to weeks. Data from 15 coastal rural counties in Mississippi were collected and a real-life case study was developed to derive important managerial insights. Our experimental results revealed that the biomass-to-bCHP supply chain decisions (e.g., depot location, storage, transportation decisions) are highly sensitive to intensity and the probabilistic infrastructure availability following a hurricane. Task 2.2 The environmental impact of considering biomass supported combined heat and power systems was studied for a rural county in the state of Indiana. The county electricity needs, industry and municipal and commercial electricity demands were used to estimate the power demand. The agricultural data provided estimated biomass residuals from agricultural operations for bCHP applications. The team further examined integrated configurations for bCHP applications such as using wastewater treatment facilities. Technical presentations were made. The team is also investigating the reliability, resiliency and sustainability indicators to evaluate the bCHP systems for rural applications. Task 3 The task lead created a new Extension program 'Powering Local Communities' approved as a statewide program. The team developed Extension curriculum focused on educating youth on biomass and the connection to energy and reviewed existing Extension programs/curricula on renewable energy.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Rahman A., Marufuzzaman M., Street J., Wooten J., Gude V.G., Buchanan R., Wang H. (2023) A Comprehensive Review on Wood Chip Moisture Content Assessment and Prediction. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 189, 113843.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Rahman A., Street J., Wooten J., Marufuzzaman M., Gude V.G., Buchanan R., Wang H. (2023) Moist-Net: Machine Vision-based Deep Learning Models for Wood Chip Moisture Content Measurement. Submitted.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Artil J., Aghalari A., Marufuzzaman M., Gude V.G., Buchanan R. Optimizing Feedstock Supply System to Support Biomass-based CHP System in a Rural Community under Extreme Events. Submitted
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Maharjan, K., Zhang, J., Cho, H., Chen, Y., 2023, Distributed Energy Systems: Multi-Objective Design Optimization Based on Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Impacts, Energies, 16(21):7312. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16217312.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Maharjan, K., Hwang, J., and Cho, H., Design Strategies for Biomass-based Combined Cooling, Heating and Power Systems in Rural Communities, Proceedings of ASME 2023 17th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, July 10-12, 2023, Washington DC, USA.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Maharjan, K., Zhang, J., Cho, H., and Chen, Y., Multi-objective Optimization of Distributed Energy Systems Considering Time-of-use Pricing Impacts, Proceedings of ASME 2023 17th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, July 10-12, 2023, Washington DC, USA.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Rahman A., Marufuzzaman M., Street J.T., Wooten J., Gude V.G., Wang H. (2023) An Interpretable Deep Learning Model for Wood Chip Moisture Content Prediction. ISERC Conference, 20-23 May, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Kim, A. and S. Yun, Energy Burden Disparity: Comparing Rural and Urban Areas in the U.S., a paper presented at the 70th North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, San Diego, California, Nov. 15-18, 2023.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Kim, A. and S. Yun, Energy Burden Disparity: Comparing Rural and Urban Areas in the U.S., a paper presented at the 2024 Annual Meetings of the Sothern Agricultural Economics Association, Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 3-6, 2024.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Rezaei F., Kanieski da Silva, B., Henderson J.D., Marufuzzaman M., Street J. (2023) A Stochastic Model for Forest Harvest Planning Problem. INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 1518, Phoenix, AZ.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Rahman A., Marufuzzaman M., Street J., Wooten J., Gude V.G., Buchanan R., Wang H. (2023) Moist-Net: Neural Architecture Search and Bayesian Optimization-driven Model for Moisture Content Prediction in Wood Chips. Southeast Symposium on Contemporary Engineering Topics (SSCET), 15 Sept., Little Rock, AR.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Presenter, The Webinar Portal (March 20, 2024)
Title: Removing Supply-Chain Bottlenecks in the Sawmilling Sector: Identification, Improvement, and Economic Benefits
https://forestrywebinars.net/webinars/removing-supply-chain-bottlenecks-in-the-sawmilling-sector-optimal-routing-for-softwood-sawmill-supply-chain-for-strategic-repair-of-roads-and-bridges
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Gude, V.G. A life-long learning experience in agricultural sciences and engineering topics focusing on rural economic development, Workshop on Innovations in Data Analytics for Smart Agriculture (iDASA), Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things Week International Conference, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, May 9-12, 2023
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Invited Research Seminar, Towards resource-efficient and net-zero water resource recovery facilities, Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, January 10, 2023
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Invited Speaker, Resource Recovery for Wastewater Treatment Systems, Smart Energy Design Assistance Center (SEDAC), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 19, 2023
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Gordon, K.B. and Tagert, M.L. Educating Youth on the Connection between Biomass and Energy, 2024 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, July 28-31, 2024; Anaheim, CA.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Gordon, K.B. and Tagert, M.L. Geospatial Analysis of Biomass Supply and Energy Need to Increase Resiliency in Rural Mississippi, 2024 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, July 28-31, 2024; Anaheim, CA.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Gordon, K.B. and Tagert, M.L. Biomass Battery module was presented during a workshop at the South Mississippi 4-H Volunteer Leader Forum. August 26, 2023; Wiggins, MS.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Gordon, K.B. and Tagert, M.L. Biomass Battery module was demonstrated for youth during the Mississippi Science Fest at the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Museum, September 15, 2023; Jackson, MS. https://www.mssciencefest.org/
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Gordon, K.B. and Tagert, M.L. A New Extension Program with a Focus on Biomass Combined Heat and Power Systems, North Mississippi Producer Advisory Council meeting, Feb. 15, 2024; Verona, MS.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Gordon, K.B. and Tagert, M.L. A New Extension Program with a Focus on Biomass Combined Heat and Power Systems, Mississippi Ag Consortium meeting, March 7, 2024; Starkville, MS.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Gordon, K.B. and Tagert, M.L. A New Extension Program with a Focus on Biomass Combined Heat and Power Systems, Mid-South Farm and Gin Show, Feb. 29 March 2, 2024; Memphis, TN.
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Progress 04/01/22 to 03/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:Academic researchers, agricultural communities, agricultural industries, farm owners, energy industry developers, rural community development planners, designers, and other stakeholders. Changes/Problems:This is an update on the CHANGE of project leadership, not an issue or a problem. The PI of the project has moved to another university. A subaward has been generated to support the efforts by the PI who still contributes to the success of the project. Dr. Marufuzzaman has graciously agreed to accept the leadership of this project. The change in leadership took place in August 2022. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project has provided numerous opportunities for training and mentoring the graduate and undergraduated research students in the areas of CHP design and optimization for small scale applications. The project has rained and successfully graduated two PhD students in environmental and industrial systems engineering disciplines respectively. They conducted research and published research articles together. Several research talks and prenstations at discipline specific nationally (and internationally) recognized conferences have resulted in braoder dissemination of the research findings. These conferences focus on energy sustainability, climate change and energy resilience and systems engineering. Our extension efforts have resulted in securing some of the industry partners and participants for the case studies which are currently being developed to study bCHP applications and optimization. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Yes, the results have been reported and shared with the agricultural industry owners such poultry farms and soybean farmers. The IRR is freely and publicly available online for public and academic uses. There were several contacts from the government agency and university researchers to use the IRR for their purposes. Kim guided and instructed the details and proper usage for them. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? In Year 4 of the project, the team will continue to perform (a) the literature review and product survey of bCHP systems, (b) modeling of various bCHP configurations and design strategies for different types of rural communities, and (c) additional case studies for rural communities identified in Task 1.1. Using the computational models developed in Year 3, optimization studies of bCHP system design and operational strategy will be performed for different types of rural communities in Year 4. Our project team will partner with MSU's Industrial Assessment Center (MSU-IAC) to approach rural communities and provide technical assistance of bCHP design and analysis. MSU-IAC provides free energy, productivity, and waste assessments to small-and-medium sized industrial facilities through funding provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office. The environmental impact and life cycle assessment of various renewable energy supported integrated CHP systems will be compared with those aspects of biomass supported CHP systems. The analysis will include consideration of solar energy echnologies, bifouels and wind energy systems. This evaluation will better inform the advantages, challenges and considerations required for the development of biomass supported CHP systems in rural and remote communities. Kim and Yun will complete the energy poverty manuscript and submit it to Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy in Y4. The results will be presented at the 2024 Annual North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) Annual Meetings, Nov. 14-28, 2023, in San Diego. Yun and Kim will analyze the county-level agricultural production and energy necessity by combining various data sources and making it a journal manuscript. Depending on achievable quality, we will decide a target journal. With the progress outputs, we are considering presenting them at the 2024 NARSC or 2024 Annual Meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA). Kim and Yun will participate in the project meetings and actively collaborate with other project teams.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
In Year 3, the team performed a comprehensive literature review on biomass based combined heat and power (bCHP) systems and its applications in rural areas. In addition, a survey of the current bCHP manufacturers has been conducted. Specifications of several bCHP systems from various manufacturers have been collected and documented. The literature review and product survey will be further expanded as the team is considering different system capacities and design variations for various rural communities. Meanwhile, computational models of bCHP systems have been developed using Python (i.e., an open-source programming language), and various design strategies of bCHP have been studied. The bCHP model developed in Year 2 was further improved in Year 3. Using the model, case studies were conducted for different climate conditions in the US. Two conference proceeding and a journal paper have been published based on the case study analysis. In year 3, PIs Maruf and Gude and their graduate students worked together on understanding the energy demands of the southern counties in Mississippi. These counties are prone to hurricanes with significant power disruptions. We gathered the data for various sectors to estimate the energy demands. In addition, relevant weather related data was gathered to account for the probability of hurricanes in the region. The group also investigated the feasibility and the environmental impacts of biomass supported rural electricity systems which resulted in three research journal articles. The team also worked on developing a survey form that focused on the social aspects related to the knowledge and acceptance levels of the biomass supported CHP systems in rural communities. The survey will be distributed for input soon. Kim and Yun have been working on Task 1.1. majorly for Y3. Kim published the Index of Relative Rurality Index (IRR) online as a part of the results.The snapshot of the IRR index is available at: https://sites.google.com/site/akim0402/appendix Yun completed data collection of historical land use and crop mix. Combining possible energy outlook data, Yun and Kim are developing a possible analysis of the county-level affordability of energy, which could be an index or general descriptive analysis. Kim and Yun attended The 2023 Annual Meetings of American Social Science Associations, Jan 6 - 8, 2023, and participated in the following sessions to perceive the recent analysis of energy use and production Understanding Social Stratification: The Case of Energy Injustice Environmental Justice and Inequality Regulation and the Housing Market: Investments that Make our Homes Greener Advances in Energy Economics Research Kim and Yun have been writing a journal manuscript to discuss energy poverty issues in rural areas using the Residential energy consumption survey (RECS) by EIA. The first manuscript will be completed by the summer 2023. Yun and Kim started collecting economic data on livestock and food processing to discuss county-level energy use and the possibility of bCHP adoption for rural and isolated areas.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
" Schicker, P.C., Spayde, D. and Cho, H., 2022. Design and Feasibility Study of Biomass-Driven Combined Heat and Power Systems for Rural Communities. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 144(7), p.070909.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
" Nandimandalam, H., Aghalari, A., Gude, V.G. and Marufuzzaman, M., 2022. Multi-objective optimization model for regional renewable biomass supported electricity generation in rural regions. Energy Conversion and Management, 266, p.115833.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
" Nandimandalam, H. and Gude, V.G., 2022. Renewable wood residue sources as potential alternative for fossil fuel dominated electricity mix for regions in Mississippi: A techno-economic analysis. Renewable Energy, 200, pp.1105-1119.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
" Maharjan, K., Zhang, J., Cho, H., and Chen, Y., Distributed Energy Systems Design Optimization with Multi-Objectives on Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Impacts, Proceedings of ASME 2022 16th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, July 11-13, 2022, Philadelphia, PA.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
" Rahman A., Marufuzzaman M., Street J.T., Wooten J., Gude V.G., Wang H. (2023) An Interpretable Deep Learning Model for Wood Chip Moisture Content Prediction." ISERC Conference, 20-23 May, New Orleans, LA, USA.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
" Hariteja Nandimandalam, & Veera Gnaneswar Gude, Feasibility Study of Biomass Residues as Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in Mississippi, Poster presentation, Innovations in Climate Resilience, Columbus, OH, March 29-30, 2022.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
" Nandimandalam, H., Gude, V.G. and Marufuzzaman, M., 2022. Environmental impact assessment of biomass supported electricity generation for sustainable rural energy systems-A case study of Grenada County, Mississippi, USA. Science of The Total Environment, 802, p.149716.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
" Schicker, P.C. and Cho, H., 2022, October. Multi-Regional Design and Analysis of Biomass-Driven Combined Cooling, Heating and Power Systems for Rural Communities. In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (Vol. 86687, p. V006T08A016). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Progress 04/01/21 to 03/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience include academic researchers, agricultural farm owners, energy industry developers, rural community development planners, and other stakeholders. Academic peer groups Drs Kim and Yun attended professional conferences during Y2 listed below and had discussions with experts in an extension of the concept in rurality index to energy poverty (energy burden, or affordability) index. The 68th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Denver, Colorado, Nov. 8 - 13, 2021. During the meeting, we shared the idea of the index and collected her suggestions for includable variables and possible improvements for the current. Dr. Tagert contacted the President of the Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Mr. Mark Leggett, to request assistance in reaching poultry growers to collect data for a case study. Drs. HeeJin Cho, Gnaneswar Gude, and Mary Love Tagert had a videoconference meeting with Mr. Mark Leggett, Mr. Reed Wade (MPA Grower Relations Coordinator), and Mr. Chip Estes (Consultant) on August 12 to provide a project summary and answer questions. Dr. Tagert was then invited to attend the Mississippi Poultry Association's Grower Advisory Committee meeting on September 8, 2021, where she provided growers with information about the project and requested assistance for a case study. A second Advisory Board meeting was planned for August 2021, and this was scheduled to be an in-person meeting at the MS Farm Bureau Federation Headquarters in Jackson, MS. However, this was postponed due to the Covid-19 omicron variant and resulting increase in cases in the state. Now that numbers have declined, plans are underway to schedule another Advisory Board meeting for spring 2022. Dr. Tagert was contacted in February 2022 by an employee of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, who was requesting information on sources of waste biomass for a Japanese company interested in building a pellet mill in the state of Mississippi. Dr. Tagert shared papers authored by the co-PIs as a resource. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Undergraduate and graduate students were mentored through focused research activities. Conference presentations and journal publications were achieved. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Many outeach activities were carried out. examples are shown below. Dr. Tagert was contacted in February 2022 by an employee of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, who was requesting information on sources of waste biomass for a Japanese company interested in building a pellet mill in the state of Mississippi. Dr. Tagert shared papers authored by the co-PIs as a resource. Dr. Tagert contacted the President of the Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Mr. Mark Leggett, to request assistance in reaching poultry growers to collect data for a case study. Drs. HeeJin Cho, Gnaneswar Gude, and Mary Love Tagert had a videoconference meeting with Mr. Mark Leggett, Mr. Reed Wade (MPA Grower Relations Coordinator), and Mr. Chip Estes (Consultant) on August 12 to provide a project summary and answer questions. Dr. Tagert was then invited to attend the Mississippi Poultry Association's Grower Advisory Committee meeting on September 8, 2021, where she provided growers with information about the project and requested assistance for a case study. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Task 1.1: Kim is currently working on the Mississippi rurality index to publish online as a part of the results. (https://agmsstate.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=9111f623951345a49178586a214c0723) With more improvements, this will be merged to the project website for the public. Yun will complete the analysis of land use and land cover data management in addition to the potential energy source outlook. Using the outputs, Kim and Yun will update the current version of the rurality index and develop county-level affordability of energy as an index. The data will be delivered to the project team. Depending upon Marufuzzamn's output, Kim and Yun will proceed with finding optimal locations considering engineering aspects. Yun will continue to electricity bill data collection through the extension and support Cho's case study for the applicability of bCHP system in chicken farms. Kim and Yun will present the first research output for the coming professional conferences. Task 1.2: In Year 3 of the project, the team will continue to perform (a) the literature review and product survey of bCHP systems, (b) modeling of various bCHP configurations and design strategies for different types of rural communities, and (c) additional case studies for rural communities identified in Task 1.1. Using the computational models developed in Year 2, optimization studies of bCHP system design and operational strategy will be performed for different types of rural communities in Year 2. Our project team will partner with MSU's Industrial Assessment Center (MSU-IAC) to approach rural communities and provide technical assistance of bCHP design and analysis. MSU-IAC provides free energy, productivity, and waste assessments to small-and-medium sized industrial facilities through funding provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office. Activities for Task 2.1 include: Developing and assessing the proposed biomass-based CHP site selection criteria by testing the method in rural Mississippi. Identifying the potential counties in Mississippi which are favorable for biomass-based CHP site selections. Identifying the backup feedstock sources, hurricane and tornado damage paths, and wet storage sites for storing damaged timbers Understanding the barriers and system integration plans of implementing the bCHP sites in the rural regions Activities for Task 2.2 include: Identifying ways to reduce the environmental impact of biomass supported CHP systems through carbon capture and storage schemes. Idetifying challenges and opportunities for rural adoption of biomass supported bCHP implementation. Evaluating the socioeconomic barriers faced by rural communities for bCHP implementation through a survey. Activities for Task 3 include: An advisory board meeting with stakeholders to seek feedback and guidance on the progress of the research project. Community and stakeholder outreach activities to disseminate research outcomes.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Task 1.1: Kim and Yun are making research progress as planned in Task 1.1. Collaborating with Yun, Kim completed the rurality index for Mississippi at county and census tracts levels. To develop an energy poverty index extended from the rurality index, Kim and Yun focused on the concept of energy equality. In the US, unlike the developing countries, energy is an issue of how affordable to access the energy rather than how poor the accessibility to energy itself. To this purpose, Kim and Yun have been collecting energy resources relation variables in addition to socio-economic variables. Kim and Yun discussed the modeling outputs from Maruffuzzaman and his student to scrutinize the inclusion of the rurality index in their his planned in Task 2.1. With Kim's collaboration, Yun is currently analyzing the land use and land cover data as planned in Task 1.1. Task 1.2: Dr. Cho's team, consisting of himself, one Ph.D. graduate research assistant, and one undergraduate research assistant, has been making research progress in Task 1.2. In Year 2, the team has performed a comprehensive literature review on biomass based combined heat and power (bCHP) systems and its applications in rural areas. In addition, a survey of the current bCHP manufacturers has been conducted. Specifications of several bCHP systems from various manufacturers have been collected and documented. The literature review and product survey will be further expanded as the team is considering different system capacities and design variations for various rural communities. Meanwhile, computational models of bCHP systems have been developed using Python (i.e., an open-source programming language), and various design strategies of bCHP have been studies. The bCHP model developed in Year 1 has been further improved in Year 2. Using the model, a case study has been conducted for Ackerman, Mississippi, a rural town located in Choctaw County in central Mississippi. A conference proceeding and a journal paper have been written based on the case study analysis and submitted to ASME 2021 15th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. The conference proceeding entitled "Design and Feasibility Study of Biomass-Driven Combined Heat and Power Systems for Rural Communities" has been selected as the 2nd Place of Best Student Paper Award during the conference on June 16-18, 2021. A conference paper has been prepared and submitted to ASME 2022 16th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. Task 2.1: For Year 1, the following activities are conducted under Task 2.1. Understood the challenges of feedstock (pellets) economies, collection process, yield, market barriers during both normal and extreme weather scenarios Tested and validated the model in our test region (Mississippi) Collected data about the availability of damaged timber after a major hurricane (e.g., Hurricane Katrina) Task 2.2: Studied the environmental impact and life cycle assessment of biomass supported power generation in rural counities of Mississippi. Forest residues from industrial activities and forest management were considered. Data collection, inventory development was performed for the rural counties of Mississippi. Collaborated with industrial and systems engineering researchers to develop optimization models considering economic and environmental impacts. Tested and validated the model in Mississippi counties. Assessed the technoeconomic feasibility of biomass supported power generation in select rural counties of Mississippi. Task 3: Dr. Tagert contacted the President of the Mississippi Poultry Association (MPA), Mr. Mark Leggett, to request assistance in reaching poultry growers to collect data for a case study. Drs. HeeJin Cho, Gnaneswar Gude, and Mary Love Tagert had a videoconference meeting with Mr. Mark Leggett, Mr. Reed Wade (MPA Grower Relations Coordinator), and Mr. Chip Estes (Consultant) on August 12 to provide a project summary and answer questions. Dr. Tagert was then invited to attend the Mississippi Poultry Association's Grower Advisory Committee meeting on September 8, 2021, where she provided growers with information about the project and requested assistance for a case study. A second Advisory Board meeting was planned for August 2021, and this was scheduled to be an in-person meeting at the MS Farm Bureau Federation Headquarters in Jackson, MS. However, this was postponed due to the Covid-19 omicron variant and resulting increase in cases in the state. Now that numbers have declined, plans are underway to schedule another Advisory Board meeting for spring 2022. Dr. Tagert was contacted in February 2022 by an employee of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, who was requesting information on sources of waste biomass for a Japanese company interested in building a pellet mill in the state of Mississippi. Dr. Tagert shared papers authored by the co-PIs as a resource.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Philippe, S., Spayde, D., and Cho, H., 2022, "Design and Feasibility Study of Biomass-Driven Combined Heat and Power Systems for Rural Communities," J. Energy Resource Technology, 144(7): 070909. https://doi.org/ 10.1115/1.4053345.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Philippe, S., Spayde, D., and Cho, H., Design and Feasibility Study of Biomass-Driven Combined Heat and Power Systems for Rural Communities, Proceedings of ASME 2021 15th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, June 16-18, 2021, Virtual Conference. Received 2nd Place
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Maharjan, K., Zhang, J., Cho, H., and Chen, Y., Distributed Energy Systems Design Optimization with Multi-Objectives on Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Impacts, Proceedings of ASME 2022 16th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, July 11-13, 2022, Accepted.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Nandimandalam, H., Gude, V.G., Marufuzzaman, M., Environmental impact assessment of biomass supported electricity generation for sustainable rural energy systems and comparison with current electricity mix, Science of the Total Environment, 802, 149716, 2022
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Nandimandalam, H., Aghalari, A., Gude, V.G., Marufuzzaman, M., Multi-objective optimization model for regional renewable biomass supported electricity generation in rural regions, Energy Conversion & Management, under revision, 2022
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Nandimandalam, H., Gude, V.G., Renewable wood residue sources as potential alternative for fossil fuel dominated electricity mix for regions in Mississippi: A techno-enviro- economic analysis, Submitted, 2022
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Aghalari A., Aladwan B., Marufuzzaman M., Tanger S., Kanieski B., Gnaneswar V.G. (2021) Optimizing a Pellet Supply System: Market-specific Pellet Production with Biomass Quality Considerations." Computers & Chemical Engineering, 153, 107417
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Aghalari A., Marufuzzaman M., Aladwan B., Tanger S., Kanieski B. (2021) A Bilevel Model Formulation for Solving a Post-Hurricane Damaged Timber Management Problem." Computers & Industrial Engineering, 162, 107726.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Aghalari A., Aladwan, B., Marufuzzaman M., Tanger S., Kanieski B., Gude V.G. (2021) Pellet Production Optimization using a Parallelized Progressive Hedging Algorithm." ISERC Conference, 22-25 May,
virtual.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Nandimandalam, H., Gude, V.G., Marufuzzaman, M., Evaluating the Mismatch between Cost and Environmental Emissions of Biomass-Supported Power Generation in Rural Communities Using a Multi- Objective Optimization Model, 10th International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering (ICOSSE '21), AIChE Conference, September 13-15, 2021
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Nandimandalam, H., Gude, V.G., Marufuzzaman, M., Environmental Impacts of Power Generation from Biomass Residue in a Rural Community, 15th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ASME, June 16-18, 2021
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Aghalari, A., Aladwan, B.S., Marufuzzaman, M., Tanger, S., Da Silva, B.K., Gude, V.G., Pellet Production Optimization using a Parallelized Progressive Hedging Algorithm, IISE (Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers) Annual Conference, May 22-25, 2021
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Nandimandalam, H., Gude, V.G., Marufuzzaman, M., Environmental Impact Assessment of Biomass Supported Electricity Generation for Sustainable Rural Energy Systems and Comparison with Current Electricity Mix, Competitive Energy Systems Symposium, AIChE Conference, April 13-15, 2021
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Progress 04/01/20 to 03/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:Academic peer groups Drs Kim and Yun attended a professional virtual conference during Y1 listed below and had discussions with experts (Drs. Brigitte Waldorf at Purdue University and Elizabeth Dobis at USDA-Economic Research Services) in rurality and its measurements. The 67th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Nov. 9 - 13, 2020. During the meeting, we shared the project outline and listen to their opinions and suggestions for the currently progressive works to set up the rurality index for bCHP. The research team has arranged for an advisory board meeting. Industry stakholders, state level agency administrators and research scientists were berifed about the research status during our advisory board meeting. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Task 1.1 - NA (PIs) Task 1.2 - Two part-time graduate research assistants and one undergraduate student were involved in research. Task 2.1 - NA (PIs) Task 2.2 - One graduate research assistant and one undergraduate student were involved in research. Task 3 - NA (PIs) How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Planned conference presentations and publications. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Under Task 1.1, Yun will complete the land use and land cover data management. Using the outputs, Kim and Yun will update the current version of the rurality index and deliver it to Marufuzzaman. Kim will lead spatial analysis to select or rank the potential bCHP systems area in the aspect of economics standpoint. Yun will search if these outputs could be applicable to spatial optimization. Depending upon Marufuzzamn's output, Kim and Yun will proceed with finding optimal locations considering engineering aspects. Yun will continue to electricity bill data collection through the extension and support Cho's case study for the applicability of bCHP system in chicken farms. Kim and Yun will present the first research output for the coming professional conferences. In Year 2 of the project, under Task 1.2., the team will continue to perform (a) the literature review and product survey of bCHP systems, (b) modeling of various bCHP configurations and design strategies for different types of rural communities, and (c) additional case studies for rural communities identified in Task 1.1. Using the computational models developed in Year 1, optimization studies of bCHP system design and operational strategy will be performed for different types of rural communities in Year 2. In Year 2 of the project, under Task 2.1, the following will be completed before the next reporting period: a) Developing and assessing the proposal biomass-based CHP site selection criteria by testing the method in rural Mississippi; b) Identifying the potential counties in Mississippi which are favorable for biomass-based CHP site selections; c) Identifying the backup feedstock sources, hurricane and tornado damage paths, and wet storage sites for storing damaged timbers, and d) Understanding the barriers and system integration plans of implementing the bCHP sites in the rural regions In Year 2 of the project, under Task 2.2, life cycle impact assessment software (GaBi) will be used to study the various scenarios proposed under this task. These will include biofuels-supported (biodiesel and bioethanol) rural CHP systems. A more detailed analysis will be performed which will incorporate different CHP configurations. The results will be shared with the advisory board members and presented at regional nd national conferences. Under Task 3, More extension and outreach realted activities will be pursued. Dr. Tagert will be reaching out to a representative from the Mississippi Forestry Commission in the coming weeks to invite them to participate in the Advisory Board. The next Advisory Board meeting is tentatively planned to be held in person in the Jackson metro area during the first two weeks of August 2021. Most of the in-state Advisory Board members are located in this area, and Board Member Mr. Andy Whittington (MS Farm Bureau Federation) has offered space for this meeting.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Under Task 1.1, we have worked to develop the rurality index for Mississippi at county and census tracts levels. This accomplishment includes the data collected from the population estimates, American Community Survey, geospatial database from Census Bureau, and a geospatial 'network' database from Federal Highway Administration. A preliminary and the first version of the rurality index was developed and shared with other Co-PDs for modeling site selection in Task 2.1. Current efforts focus on data collection, land use and land cover data analysis as planned in Task 1.1. Collaboration with other Co-PDs for Task 1.2. is under process for developing the possibility of a case study for chicken farms using this data. Under Task 1.2 - A comprehensive literature review on biomass based combined heat and power (bCHP) systems and its applications in rural areas. In addition, a survey of the current bCHP manufacturers was conducted. Specifications of several bCHP systems from various manufacturers have been collected and documented. The literature review and product survey will be further expanded as the team is considering different system capacities and design variations for various rural communities. Meanwhile, computational models of bCHP systems have been developed using Python (i.e., an open-source programming language), and various design strategies of bCHP have been studies. An initial modeling using wood pellets as a biomass fuel source has been completed, and a case study using the developed model has been conducted for Ackerman, Mississippi, a rural town located in Choctaw County in central Mississippi. Under Task 2.1, data on the distribution of timber resources for the test region was collected. In addition, data about the availability of damaged timber after a major hurricane (e.g., Hurricane Katrina) was collected. A list of initial metrics were developed for biomass-based CHP site selection decisions . Under Task 2.2. A preliminary analysis and literature review of environmental impact assessment and life cycle analysis of biomass supported combine heat and power systems for rural or small community applciations was conducted. An evaluation of currently available software programs and data sets for environmental and life cycle impact assessment studies was also done. A preliminary study focusing on the environmental impact assessment of biomass supported electricity generation for sustainable rural energy systems and a comparison with current grid electricity mix was performed. Undr Task 3. The first Advisory Board meeting was held on Thursday, March 25 via Webex format. All project team members were present, along with five of our six current Advisory Board members. We received valuable feedback and will be summarizing the discussion, and a suggestion was made for an additional member to the Board. Dr. Tagert will be reaching out to a representative from the Mississippi Forestry Commission in the coming weeks to invite them to participate in the Advisory Board. The next Advisory Board meeting is tentatively planned to be held in person in the Jackson metro area during the first two weeks of August 2021. Most of the in-state Advisory Board members are located in this area, and Board Member Mr. Andy Whittington (MS Farm Bureau Federation) has offered space for this meeting.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
1. Philippe, S., Spayde, D., and Cho, H., Design and Feasibility Study of Biomass-Driven Combined Heat and Power Systems for Rural Communities, Proceedings of ASME 2021 15th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, June 16-18, 2021, Virtual Conference, accepted.
2. Aghalari A., Aladwan B., Marufuzzaman M., Tanger S., Da Silva B.K., Gnaneswar V.G. (2021) Pellet Production Optimization using a Parallelized Progressive Hedging Algorithm. Proceeding to the IISE Annual Conference, virtual. (accepted)
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
1. Nandimandalam, H., Gude, V.G., Marufuzzaman, M., Environmental impact assessment of biomass supported electricity generation for sustainable rural energy systems and comparison with current electricity mix, submitted and under review, 2021
2. Aghalari A., Aladwan B., Marufuzzaman M., Tanger S., Da Silva B.K., Gnaneswar V.G. (2021) Optimizing a Pellet Supply System: Market-specific Pellet Production and Biomass Quality Considerations." Submitted to Journal of Computers and Chemical Engineering.
3. Battawi A., Marufuzzaman M., Kim A., Yun S.D., Gude, V.G. (2021) Biomass-based CHP Site Selection using Bayesian Network Approach. Working paper.
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