Predicting and Controlling moisture content to Optimise forest biomass logistics;Predvidanje i praćenje sadržaja vlage radi poboljšanja u logistici pridobivanja biomase

Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-238

  Acuna, Mauricio ^a   Anttila, Perttu ^b   Sikanen, Lauri ^c   Prinz, Robert ^b   Asikainen, Antti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass covering; Biomass supply chain; Linear programming; Moisture content; Optimal storage and transportation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUEL STORAGE; FUELS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BIOMASS COVERINGS; BIOMASS MATERIALS; BIOMASS SUPPLY CHAIN; EARLY THINNING; ENERGY PLANT; FOREST BIOMASS; LINEAR-PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATIONS; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; SUPPLY CHAIN COSTS;

MOISTURE;

BIOMASS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUEL; LINEARITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; OPTIMIZATION;

BIOMASS; ENERGY; FORESTRY; FUELS; MANAGEMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

EID: 84867656840     PISSN: 18455719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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