Research trends in European forest fuel supply chains: A review of the last ten years (2007–2016)–part two: Comminution, transport & logistics

M Kühmaier, G Erber - Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering: Journal …, 2018 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Within the fuel wood supply chain, comminution and transport have been identified
as processes with the highest costs, energy consumption and emissions. The coordination …

Research trends in European forest fuel supply chains: a review of the last ten years (2007–2017)–Part one: harvesting and storage

G Erber, M Kühmaier - Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering: Journal …, 2017 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Forest fuel is a renewable source with the potential to substitute fossil fuels in
several application fields, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supporting rural …

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 …

Evaluation of combined screening and drying steps for the improvement of the fuel quality of forest residue wood chips—results from six case studies

D Kuptz, K Schreiber, F Schulmeyer, S Lesche… - Biomass Conversion …, 2019 - Springer
Wood chip quality is essential for failure-free and low-emission combustion in automatically
stoked small-scale biomass boilers (< 100 kW). Screening and drying of wood chips might …

Use of modelling to compare the impact of roadside drying of Pinus radiata D. Don logs and logging residues on delivered costs using high capacity trucks in Australia

M Strandgard, M Acuna, P Turner, L Mirowski - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021 - Elsevier
Forest biofuel delivered costs are generally uncompetitive with fossil fuels. Drying forest
biofuel can potentially reduce delivered costs through weight reductions and net calorific …

Variability of normative properties of wood chips and implications to quality control

D Vusić, F Vujanić, K Pešić, B Šafran, V Jurišić, Ž Zečić - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The research was conducted with the goal to determine the variability of the quality
parameters of the wood chips produced from the most favorable raw material (energy …

Dry matter losses and their economic significance in forest energy procurement

J Routa, M Kolström, L Sikanen - International Journal of Forest …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The value chain of forest biomass for energy always includes storing of the biomass.
Biomass in natural conditions is always exposed to biological processes, some of them …

Integrating natural wood drying and seasonal trucks' workload restrictions into forestry transportation planning

T de Almeida Sfeir, JEP Junior, A Ruiz, L LeBel - Omega, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper explores how the consideration of two important practical aspects related to
transportation in the forestry industry, wood moisture content and seasonal limitations on the …

Strategies for reducing moisture content in forest residues at the harvest site

AR Kizha, HS Han, J Paulson… - Applied engineering in …, 2018 - elibrary.asabe.org
The moisture content (MC) of biomass derived from forest residues can pose a challenge to
biomass utilization. It plays a significant role in determining the cost of transportation and …

Effect of Natural Drying Methods on Moisture Content and Mass Change of Scots Pine Roundwood

K Tomczak, A Tomczak, T Jelonek - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study evaluated changes in mass and the moisture content of stored summer-harvested
Scots pine small diameter roundwood subject to different types of preparation and storage …