A comprehensive review on wood chip moisture content assessment and prediction

A Rahman, M Marufuzzaman, J Street, J Wooten… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wood chips are the primary sources of raw materials for numerous industries, including
pelleting mills, biorefineries, pulp-and-paper industries, and biomass-based power …

An international review of the most productive and cost effective forest biomass recovery technologies and supply chains

MR Ghaffariyan, M Brown, M Acuna, J Sessions… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study provides a state-of-the art overview of forest biomass harvesting technologies and
supply chains used in North America, Europe and the Southern Hemisphere. The …

Design of forest energy supply networks using multi-objective optimization

C Kanzian, M Kühmaier, J Zazgornik, K Stampfer - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2013 - Elsevier
The replacement of fossil fuels with forest biomass should help mitigate Green House Gas
(GHG) emissions. However the supply of energy wood is challenging because of high …

Drying effects and dry matter losses during seasonal storage of spruce wood chips under practical conditions

N Hofmann, T Mendel, F Schulmeyer, D Kuptz… - Biomass and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The storage of wood chips is important for the biomass supply chain as it compensates for
temporal differences in production and consumption. Typical storage-related problems are …

Discrete-event simulation of an information-based raw material allocation process for increasing the efficiency of an energy wood supply chain

J Windisch, K Väätäinen, P Anttila, M Nivala, J Laitila… - Applied energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Transportation distance, moisture content of the raw material and volume per storage are
crucial factors for the economy of forest biomass supply operations from roadside to plant …

Roundwood and biomass logistics in Finland and Sweden

K Väätäinen, P Anttila, L Eliasson, J Enström… - Croatian Journal of …, 2021 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Logistics of roundwood and biomass comprise a high number of operations,
machinery, storage sites and transportable roundwood and biomass assortments. Moreover …

Cost analysis of transporting forest chips and forest industry by-products with large truck-trailers in Finland

J Laitila, A Asikainen, T Ranta - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2016 - Elsevier
Laws mandating the physical dimensions of freight transport vehicles were changed in
Finland and the new legislation enables higher gross weights as well as larger load …

Precision measurement of forest harvesting residue moisture change and dry matter losses by constant weight monitoring

J Routa, M Kolström, J Ruotsalainen… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The moisture content of forest-wood chips is one of the most important quality factors for the
rapidly growing bioenergy sector. Rising transportation costs and increased use of forest …

Planning woody biomass supply in hot systems under variable chips energy content

A Marques, J Rasinmäki, R Soares, P Amorim - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2018 - Elsevier
The growing economic importance of the biomass-for-bioenergy in Europe motivates
research on biomass supply chain design and planning. The temporally and geographically …

Impacts of uncertain feedstock quality on the economic feasibility of fast pyrolysis biorefineries with blended feedstocks and decentralized preprocessing sites in the …

K Lan, S Park, SS Kelley, BC English, THE Yu… - GCB …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study performs techno‐economic analysis and Monte Carlo simulations (MCS) to
explore the effects that variations in biomass feedstock quality have on the economic …