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This chapter provides an introduction into the harvesting and supply of biomass from timber plantations. It considers the main sources of utilizable biomass and their properties and discusses harvesting equipment, machinery and systems that could potentially be applied for moving these resources to a landing and eventually the conversion plant. Important supply processes such as storage and drying, quality assurance, transport and simple trade models are also presented. Management of feedstock supply is discussed and illustrated with two examples integrating concepts included in this chapter. This chapter will provide the reader with an overview of the techno-economic factors to be considered for biomass procurement, how these interact with each other, and how they can be applied in developing supply models to provide strategic insight into the harvesting and transport of woody biomass.
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Ackerman, P., Talbot, B., Dahlin, B. (2014). Biomass Harvesting and Logistics. In: Seifert, T. (eds) Bioenergy from Wood. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7448-3_6
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