Paper details

Title:

Boosting the Economy of Small-diameter Energy Wood Harvesting from Early Thinnings in Finland

Author(s):

Kärhä, K., Petty, A., Mutikainen, A.

Document(s):

Abstract:

The integrated harvesting of industrial roundwood and energy wood by the so­called ‘two­pile cutting method’ has increased steadily in young forests in Finland during the last three years. The studies carried out by Metsäteho Oy and TTS Research indicated that the total removal in integrated wood harvesting increases significantly compared to that of conventional, separate roundwood harvesting. When the total removal from the harvesting site increased considerably, there was a significant increase in the productivity of cutting work in integrated wood harvesting compared to the situation in separate pulpwood harvesting. In addition, the delimbing quality and bucking accuracy of the pulpwood poles obtained in multi­tree processing were comparable to those produced in single­tree handling. There were no problems with measuring the work output by a weight scale attached to the crane of the forwarder. As the studies indicated very promising results with integrated wood cutting, integrated harvesting is likely to continue to increase in both first and later thinnings in Finland.

Keywords:

efficiency, harvesting, integration, measurement, removal, roundwood

Topic:

Biomass Resources

Subtopic:

Biomass potentials and cost of resources

Event:

19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

VP1.1.17

Pages:

376 - 378

ISBN-13:

978-88-89407-55-4

ISBN-10:

88-89407-55-7

Paper DOI:

10.5071/19thEUBCE2011-VP1.1.17

Price:

FREE