Drying of firewood - the effect of harvesting time, tree species and shelter of stacked wood

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2993-2998

  Nord Larsen, Thomas ^a   Bergstedt, Andreas ^a   Farver, Ole ^b   Heding, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drying; Firewood; Hardwood; Harvesting time; Shelter; Softwood

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREES; DENMARK; FIREWOOD; HEATING SEASON; NORWAY SPRUCE; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SOURCE OF ENERGY; TREE SPECIES;

DRYING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HARVESTING; HEATING; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FIRE; HARVESTING; HEATING; MOISTURE CONTENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

DENMARK;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 79958178454     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.03.039     Document Type: Article

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