A study by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests (BCMOF), Fraser Lake Sawmills (of West Fraser Mills Ltd.), and the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) compared at-the-stump and roadside processing of stems. FERIC determined the productivity and costs of the two harvesting systems and five subsequent regeneration regimes. The impacts of these treatments on slash distribution, cone distribution, mineral soil exposure, site distrubance, and plantable spots were also examined.
The Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) carried out a short-term study of the Bräcke Planter mounted on an excavator. The study took place near Kamloops, B.C. on a small cutblock with slopes ranging from 0 to 35%. This report describes the planter, and its productivity and suitability for use in western Canada.
The growing bioenergy industry is using more and more forest biomass. The logistics of supply and and storage are becoming more complex and innovative and innovative solutions are needed to improve the quality of the raw material. The type of biomass available is quite variable and comes from different sources (stump, roadside, transfer yard, mill) and is from the roadside, from the transshipment area, from the plant) and comes in different formats (wood chips, bark, fine particles, tops, branches tops, branches, low grade logs). The quality of the biomass quality is critical to many bioenergy processes production processes; therefore, sound practices are required to ensure practices are needed to ensure access to quality biomassquality biomass at all times.
Abstract
L’industrie de la bioénergie, en pleine croissance, utilise de plus en plus de biomasse forestière. La logistique des approvisionnements et de l'entreposage se complexifie et il faut des solutions innovantes pour améliorer la qualité de la matière première. Le type de biomasse disponible est assez variable et provient de différentes sources (de la souche, du bord de route, de l’aire de transbordement, de l’usine) et se présente en différents formats (copeaux de bois, écorces, particules fines, cimes, branches, billes de qualité inférieure). La qualité de la biomasse est essentielle pour bien des procédés de production de bioénergie; c’est pourquoi de saines pratiques sont nécessaires pour garantir un accès à de la biomasse de qualité en tout temps.
