Analyzing and estimating delays in wood chipping operations

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 429-433

  Spinelli, Raffaele ^a   Visser, Rien J M ^b  

^a CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Chipping; Forestry; Machine delays; Time studies

Indexed keywords

CHIPPER PRODUCTIVITIES; CHIPPING; DATA SETS; DELAY COMPONENTS; FOREST OPERATIONS; INTEGRAL PARTS; MACHINE DELAYS; OBSERVATION PERIODS; OPERATION MANAGEMENTS; OPTIMIZATION MEASURES; PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS; TIME STUDIES; TOTAL DELAY TIME; WOOD CHIPPING;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; TIMBER;

TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; WOOD;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CHIPS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PLANNING; WORK STUDY;

EID: 60749096332     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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