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Martin Strandgard
School of Technology, Environments and Design, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

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Published: 02 January 2019 in Australian Forestry
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Forest biomass (FB) is widely used overseas as an industrial energy source, particularly in Europe, but is currently little used in Australia. Typical attributes of FB disadvantage it as a fuel relative to traditional energy sources: high moisture content, low bulk density, spatial and temporal dispersion, low value and low energy content. As such, minimising FB delivered costs will be critical to further development of Australian forest biomass supply chains (FBSC). The paper reviews published international and Australian research into the key FBSC elements (biomass source, primary transport, storage, secondary transport and processing) focussing on areas where Australian FBSCs could potentially apply the research to reduce costs and where additional Australian research is required. Logging residue (LR) was identified as the FB resource in Australia with the greatest potential for use as biofuel. Rapid infield drying of LR in Australian studies suggests that infield drying could be used to reduce secondary transport costs, which can be a significant part of the delivered FB costs. However, further development of Australian FBSC models supported by research into primary and secondary transport costs, drying and chipper performance will be required to identify trade-offs between potential FBSC costs and benefits and to facilitate forest managers’ decision-making processes regarding the establishment and running of FBSCs.

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M. Strandgard; P. Turner; L. Mirowski; M. Acuna. Potential application of overseas forest biomass supply chain experience to reduce costs in emerging Australian forest biomass supply chains – a literature review. Australian Forestry 2019, 82, 9 -17.

AMA Style

M. Strandgard, P. Turner, L. Mirowski, M. Acuna. Potential application of overseas forest biomass supply chain experience to reduce costs in emerging Australian forest biomass supply chains – a literature review. Australian Forestry. 2019; 82 (1):9-17.

Chicago/Turabian Style

M. Strandgard; P. Turner; L. Mirowski; M. Acuna. 2019. "Potential application of overseas forest biomass supply chain experience to reduce costs in emerging Australian forest biomass supply chains – a literature review." Australian Forestry 82, no. 1: 9-17.

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Published: 01 January 2013 in Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
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Productivity models produced using time differences between consecutive StanForD stem files collected by harvester onboard computers were compared with models produced using traditional time and motion techniques for the same initial trees. Three sites were studied in Pinus radiata plantation clearfell operations across southern Australia. Delays and trees with multiple leaders or broken tops were removed from the data. This was done for the stem file data using filters. The same filters were applied to data from all sites. No significant differences were found between the models at each site, though the stem file productivity models generally had a poorer fit than the time and motion models. The advantages of using stem files for modelling are the ready availability of stem file data, which enables rapid creation of generalised harvester productivity models and avoids short-term changes in productivity caused by the presence of an observer (the “Hawthorne effect”). Disadvantages are the inability to account for unforeseen changes in conditions during data collection, and the inability to isolate work-cycle time-element data.

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Martin Strandgard; Damian Walsh; Mauricio Acuna. Estimating harvester productivity inPinus radiataplantations using StanForD stem files. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 2013, 28, 73 -80.

AMA Style

Martin Strandgard, Damian Walsh, Mauricio Acuna. Estimating harvester productivity inPinus radiataplantations using StanForD stem files. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 2013; 28 (1):73-80.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Martin Strandgard; Damian Walsh; Mauricio Acuna. 2013. "Estimating harvester productivity inPinus radiataplantations using StanForD stem files." Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 28, no. 1: 73-80.