Harvesting forest biomass for energy - An alternative to conventional fuel treatments: Trials in the Superior National Forest, USA

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4557-4564

  Abbas, Dalia ^a   Current, Dean ^a   Ryans, Mark ^b   Taff, Steven ^a   Hoganson, Howard ^c   Brooks, Kenneth N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

^c North Central Research and Outreach Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Cost; Equipment; Fuel; Supply logistics

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIO-MASS ENERGY; CONVENTIONAL FUEL; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; COST EFFECTIVE; DELIVERY COSTS; END USERS; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST FUEL; FOREST FUEL REDUCTION; MACHINE OPERATING; MECHANICAL TREATMENTS; MINNESOTA , USA; NATIONAL FORESTS; ON-SITE CONDITIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OWNERSHIP COSTS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SUPPLY LOGISTICS; TRANSPORT DISTANCES;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; EQUIPMENT; FORESTRY; FUELS; HARVESTING; PILES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; BIOMASS POWER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUEL; HARVESTING; LOGISTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MINNESOTA; SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81555209709     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.06.030     Document Type: Article

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