Impact of forest harvest intensity and transportation distance on biomass delivered costs within sustainable forest management - A case study in southeastern Canada

Shadbahr, Jalil; Bensebaa, Farid; Ebadian, Mahmood

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112073

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“…This initiative is aimed at addressing the current gap within the modeling efforts in the Canadian bioeconomy context. [51][52][53] Integration of biomass inventory mapping and analysis tool and integrated biomass supply analysis and logistics models…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Two case studies been completed in the context of forestry. 53,57 More recently, a third case study was carried out on assessing the feasibility of agriculture residues used in an existing ethanol plant.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the context of biomass and other distributed feedstocks, the upstream supply chain could have significant impact. This initiative is aimed at addressing the current gap within the modeling efforts in the Canadian bioeconomy context 51–53 …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Building on its own existing models and other decision‐making support models in Canada, the NRC is developing and deploying a national integrated framework in Canada for all biomass feedstocks. Two case studies have recently been completed in the context of forestry 53,57 . More recently, a third case study was carried out on assessing the feasibility of agriculture residues used in an existing ethanol plant.…”

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Towards an integrated decision‐making support framework for the sustainable production and use of biomass

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Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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The decision-making landscape to maximize the use of sustainable biomass resources, and achieve long-term environmental and socioeconomic benefits, is complex with a high level of uncertainty in biomass supply and logistics, technical and economic performance of the biorefinery routes, lifecycle performance of the finished products, and other sustainability criteria. Numerous decision-making support models have been developed but these models usually assess only a few specific aspects of technology, regulations, economic, environment, and society. Decision-making support models with a limited capability to capture environmental and socioeconomic performance of the biorefining pathways are not able to identify the best available biorefining routes. This study reviews and discusses recent progress on the harmonization, standardization, and integration of the existing decision-making support models that aim to improve the comparability of the results of these models when different pathways are being assessed and align the decisions made at the strategic, tactical and operational levels. With the growing number of climate-change policies and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets, national and international efforts to harmonize the input databases, the model assumptions and system boundaries, and the integration of the existing models have been increasing. However, the deployment of the integrated frameworks among the bioeconomy stakeholders that are capable of evaluating and identifying the promising biorefining routes with significant economic, social and environmental benefits is still not a common practice. This study proposes an integrated decision-making support framework to identify cost-competitive, low-carbon fuel production pathways that are technically viable and can potentially provide maximum GHG emission reduction.

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Towards an integrated decision‐making support framework for the sustainable production and use of biomass

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“…Among these processes, forest harvesting stands out, which can be defi ned as a set of operations that aim to prepare and extract the wood to the transport location using established techniques and standards, to transform it into the fi nal product (Cassiano et al, 2021). Forest harvesting is an expensive, complex activity, subject to several variables, which aff ect the productivity of the machines used, and, consequently, operating costs (Santos et al, 2017;Shadbahr et al, 2021), which turns fundamental planning essential to improve this stage in operational and economic terms (Gomes et al, 2021).…”

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Forest Extraction Management With the Indicator of Overall Efficiency of Forest Machines (Oefm)

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Performance indicators are tools capable of exposing measurable characteristics and generating relevant information on forest operations, thus being considered pillars for managers to make agile and assertive decisions. Forest extraction with a forwarder must be improved, understanding the factors that affect the costs of this machine, such as productivity (PR), fuel consumption (FC), operational efficiency (OE), and quality of operation. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the implementation of the Overall Efficiency of Forest Machines (OEFM) indicator in the management of forest extraction data using forwarders. Data were collected during forest harvesting from five operating fleets, in commercial eucalypt plantations, in full-tree and coppice regimes, in the states of Bahia and Espírito Santo. The indicator was expressed as a percentage calculated by OEFM = ( ( 4 ∗ PR ) + ( 3 ∗ FC ) + ( 3 ∗ OE ) ) / 10. The performance of the machines was evaluated by a stochastic model of dynamic simulation of systems in eight scenarios, proposing improvement for the average individual volume harvested, fuel consumption, and mechanical or operational stops. Analyzes were performed using PowerSim Studio 9 software. The OEFM of two fleets was higher than the established target of 95.17%, with 95.72% and 97.44%. The OEFM indicator proved to be useful in the management of forest extraction with adequate and easy-to-understand information from a large amount and variety of data. The stochastic simulation model was efficient to study the impact on the global efficiency and the flow of wood extraction by the forwarder.

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A review of Canadian wood conversion technologies for the production of fuels and chemicals

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Canada has 347 million ha of forest cover, contributing to the potential large availability of wood‐based resources. Although Canada's forest sector contributed $23.7 billion to the national nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019, the GDP contribution of the wood product manufacturing subsector shrank by 6%. To reposition the Canadian forest industry, new forest management practices and wood‐based conversion technologies should be applied. In this context, the use of woody biomass in biorefineries to produce clean energy, fuels, and chemicals is becoming increasingly significant. There is a need to understand the current status and challenges of the wood‐based biomass conversion technologies that have been and are being developed in Canada. This information will help decision‐makers in formulating and implementing forest sector‐related policies for a sustainable bioeconomy in Canada. This study is focused on a review of Canadian woody biomass conversion technologies. Our critical review identified considerable potential biomass conversion technologies specialized for woody feedstock, all in the Canadian setting. We focused on the prospects of revitalizing Canada's pulp and paper industry through the integration of pre‐treatment processes and biochemical technologies. The thermochemical conversion pathway was identified as the dominant route for woody feedstock valorization. The review also identified pathways with the potential to diversify the existing product mix that generate products from wood streams, such as chemicals and biomaterials. Most of the biochemical and thermochemical research done in institutional and multi‐institutional research collaborations from laboratory scale to industrial scale will boost the chances of the commercialization of a wood‐based biorefinery in Canada.

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Impact of forest harvest intensity and transportation distance on biomass delivered costs within sustainable forest management - A case study in southeastern Canada

Cited by 12 publications

References 33 publications

Towards an integrated decision‐making support framework for the sustainable production and use of biomass

Towards an integrated decision‐making support framework for the sustainable production and use of biomass

Forest Extraction Management With the Indicator of Overall Efficiency of Forest Machines (Oefm)

A review of Canadian wood conversion technologies for the production of fuels and chemicals

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