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Forest Harvest Residue Moisture Management in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Creator:

Belart Lengerich, Maria Francisca

Abstract:

Moisture content management is a key requirement to improve forest harvest residue economics for bioenergy production. This dissertation aims to contribute towards better management through these three general objectives (1) Determine average moisture content of fresh forest harvest residues and its changes over the different seasons of the year, focusing...

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Dissertation
Evaluation of a prototype NIR system for Douglas-fir wood density estimation

Creator:

Belart Lengerich, Maria Francisca

Abstract:

Forest products companies in the U.S. face vigorous competition from other wood producers around the world and other industries (steel, aluminum, plastics, composites). To be competitive, forest companies need to control costs, sort and allocate logs to the most appropriate markets, and recover more value at time of harvest. Interest...

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Masters Thesis