BioEnergy Systems LLC

Poultry Farm Furnaces

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BioEnergy Systems LLC (BES) is a consulting firm and project development company based in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

BES was established in 2005 by Jim Wimberly.

click here to learn more about BES and it's founder, Jim Wimberly.

BES works closely with Winrock on a variety of projects and activities related to clean energy, agricultural and rural economic development, and ecosystems management. Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources.

BES is a supporter of Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), a nonprofit organization established in 1984 by a bipartisan, bicameral group of members of Congress to provide timely information and develop innovative policy solutions that set us on a cleaner, more secure and sustainable energy path. EESI accomplishes these objectives in three ways:

Policymaker Education
Networking & Coalition Building
Policy Development

BES is a supporter of 25x’25, which is a rallying cry for renewable energy and a goal for America – to get 25 percent of our energy from renewable resources like wind, solar, and biofuels by the year 2025. 25x'25 is supported financially by the Energy Future Coalition, a non-partisan public policy initiative funded by foundations.

BES’ President, Jim Wimberly, is a 35-year member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), an educational and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in St Joseph, Michigan, ASABE comprises 9,000 members in more than 100 countries.

BioEnergy Systems LLC

1726 N Charlee Ave

Fayetteville, AR 72703

tel: 479-527-0478

fax: 612-605-5749

email: info@biomass2.com

website: www.biomass2.com

Most of the poultry houses in the United States are currently heated with fossil fuels (primarily propane).

Biomass-fired furnaces can be used to heat the poultry houses, thereby displacing fossil fuels with renewable biomass feedstocks.

Furnace-related services provided by BioEnergy Systems LLC (BES) include:

Evaluation of the potential for using biomass-fired furnace systems at a regional (or complex) scale

Evaluation of furnace system options for a specific site

Organizing feedstock supplies at a regional (or complex) scale

Securing unprocessed biomass for further processing
(e.g., drying, sizing, densification, storage)

Pursuit of densified biomass fuels (pellets, briquettes)

Pursuit of state/Federal support programs for installation / operation of farm furnace systems

BES' evaluations include:

Biomass fuel (feedstock) considerations

Furnace system considerations

Logistical considerations

Environmental considerations

Economic considerations

Financing considerations

Click here to view a presentation by Jim Wimberly of using biomass furnaces to heat poultry houses.

The following furnace-related reports can be downloaded (in pdf):

"A Review of Biomass Furnaces for Heating Poultry Houses in the Northwest Arkansas Region"

May 2008

Prepared for Winrock International by Jim Wimberly -- BioEnergy Systems LLC

filesize = 460 kb

"Commercialization of Biomass-fired Furnaces for Heating Poultry Houses"

June 2003

Prepared for the Arkansas Energy Office and the U.S. Department of Energy by Jim Wimberly (Foundation for Organic Resources Management)

filesize = 4.86 Mb

Click here to see a video article prepared by the 40/29 TV station (ABC affiliate based in Rogers/Ft Smith) regarding use of biomass-fired furnaces for heating poultry houses: