Raw material requirements of the wood fuels manufacturing industry

Opferkuch, M., Becker, G.

Raw material requirements of the wood fuels manufacturing industry

Opferkuch, M., Becker, G.: Raw material requirements of the wood fuels manufacturing industry Proceeding of FORMEC 2012, Forest Engineering: Meeting the Needs of Society and the Environment, 2010 (FORMEC 2010 in Padua/Italien vom 11.07.-14.07.2010).

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Cost-effective commercialization of wooden forest biomass is a key factor for a profitable harvesting operation. Bioenergy production capacity is still a largely growing market and processes in use are still very much in evolution. The use of forest biomass also varies greatly, not least between the different wood fuels produced for energy production regarding its proportion relatively to the other constituents in the different wood fuel’s product resource mix. Thus, the requirements towards the forest biomass for the production of wood chips differ from that of wood pellets. To form an adequate product for the respective wood fuel, besides knowing the demanded quantity, it is essential to know exactly the quality requirements of the different branches of the wood fuels manufacturing industry. This paper gives an overview on the requirements for the main different technologies and products gathered from communication with representatives for front-line industries, literature studies and analyses. Freshness criteria are assessed as is the overall adequacy of the forest biomass and its possible variations within the resource mix for the different types of wood fuels. Research on this is part of the joint project ‘FlexWood’ funded within the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme. FlexWood aims at the design and implementation of a novel logistic system based on more accurate resource information allowing for an adequate use of harvesting systems in order to optimally supply industrial demand according to the specific requirements.

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