Optimizing Biomass Feedstock Logistics for Forest Residue Processing and Transportation on a Tree-Shaped Road Network

Optimizing Biomass Feedstock Logistics for Forest Residue Processing and Transportation on a Tree-Shaped Road Network

An important task in forest residue recovery operations is to select the most cost-efficient feedstock logistics system for a given distribution of residue piles, road access, and available machinery. Notable considerations include inaccessibility of treatment units to large chip vans and frequent,...

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Main Authors: Hee Han, Woodam Chung, Lucas Wells, Nathaniel Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
forest residue
slash forwarding
in-woods grinding
equipment mobilization
mixed-integer programming
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/3/121

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