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Spatially-explicit prediction of recoverable harvesting residues

Creator:

Schmidt, Christian F. W.

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In order to decide whether or not to develop biomass energy facilities and where to best locate them, developers and investors need accurate assessments of fuel supply. This includes information about the distribution and concentration of fuel throughout the assessment area, the quality of fuel (form, moisture content, contaminant content,...

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Masters Thesis

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recoverable forest harvesting residues applied to a biomass assessment project in northwest Oregon and
The effects of increased supply and emerging technologies in the forest products industry on rural communities in the northwest U.S.

Creator:

Crandall, Mindy S.

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The development of a market for currently non-merchantable forest material, such as harvest residues of tops and limbs of trees or small diameter trees, has been suggested as a possible win-win solution that could: (i) provide a financial incentive to help motivate treatments to reduce wildfire risk or restore forest...

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Dissertation

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Forest Products Market and Biomass Use ........................22 3. Economic Theory and Model
Life Cycle Assessment of Biomass for Generation of energy : Case Studies of Poplar Management in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S.A.

Creator:

Vasquez Sandoval, Marcia A.

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A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the production of poplar biomass grown under four management conditions in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the U.S.A. was conducted. While the extraction of fossil fuels and the subsequent generation of energy have environmental impacts, the alternative of extracting poplar biomass also has impacts...

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Dissertation

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definition Woody biomass can be obtained from sources such as manufacturing residues, forest thinnings