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Biomass covers a wide range of organic plant-like matter and depending on the viewpoint is either waste material or a desirable fuel, but can also be both. When we speak of waste, we usually refer to man-made waste, unwanted or discarded matter. Then there is also natural waste; biomass that is part of nature’s life cycle. Ever since life on earth emerged, that natural waste cycle has maintained a balance. Living things die, decompose and are returned to the earth to support new life; that includes woody biomass or trees. Most trees die eventually from old age, as their defenses to fight droughts, disease and insects diminish over decades, and those that don’t, like the Redwood, just keep growing taller and eventually reach a point where gravity counteracts the supply of nutrients up the tree trunk.

Since the invention of fire, man has been using burning techniques to clean up his messes and to clear land for future productivity. More recently, technological advancements have transformed the arduous and ineffective process of burning slash piles, construction waste, yard waste, storm damage clean-up and more.

Taking this new technology and pairing it with a mobile burning system, the craftsmen at Air Burners, Inc.^® manufacture a machine that can handle even the biggest waste wood clean-up jobs with ease. This technology, called Air Curtain Burners, has taken controlled burning to a new level.