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Production Costs and Markets for Pellet Chips : Case Studies in Northern Sweden
Joint Authors
Eriksson, Gunnar
Nordfjell, Tomas
Athanassiadis, Dimitris
Bergsten, Urban
Bergström, Dan
Source
International Journal of Forestry Research
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-05-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Increasing use of woody fuels requires that nontraditional types of raw materials are exploited, including logging residues and small-diameter trees.
Although medium-scale combustors often use pellets, they could conceivably use dried chips of sufficiently narrow size distribution (henceforth pellet chips).
The influence of the following factors on the relative cost-effectiveness of producing pellets and pellet chips was investigated for three plant sites in northern Sweden: (1) harvesting and transporting of forest residues; (2) the potential of existing energy plants to supply drying heat in periods of capacity surplus; (3) the distance to potential end-users.
Data from the national forest inventory were used to estimate raw material costs.
The resulting production costs were 144–176 $ per oven-dry tonnes (OD t) for pellets (27.4–33.5 $ MWh−1) and 143–173 $ OD t−1 (27.2–33.0 $ MWh−1) for pellet chips, with harvesting, forwarding, chipping, and transporting of logging residues to the sites amounting to 114–122 $ OD t−1 (21.7–23.2 $ MWh−1) for both fuels.
Even though the differences in production costs were minor, the production of pellet chips requires significantly less electricity input per OD t of produced fuel.
For cost reductions improved methods for wood fuel procurement, compacting and transporting of chips, small-scale low-temperature drying and foliage and bark separation are needed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Eriksson, Gunnar& Athanassiadis, Dimitris& Bergström, Dan& Nordfjell, Tomas& Bergsten, Urban. 2012. Production Costs and Markets for Pellet Chips : Case Studies in Northern Sweden. International Journal of Forestry Research،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Eriksson, Gunnar…[et al.]. Production Costs and Markets for Pellet Chips : Case Studies in Northern Sweden. International Journal of Forestry Research No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Eriksson, Gunnar& Athanassiadis, Dimitris& Bergström, Dan& Nordfjell, Tomas& Bergsten, Urban. Production Costs and Markets for Pellet Chips : Case Studies in Northern Sweden. International Journal of Forestry Research. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-461648
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-461648