A simulation-based approach for evaluating logging residue handling systems.

B. Bruce Bare; Benjamin A. Jayne; Brian F. Anholt

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A simulation-based approach for evaluating logging residue handling systems.

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Authors:

B. Bruce Bare, Benjamin A. Jayne, Brian F. Anholt

Year:

1976

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-045. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 30 p

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Abstract

Describes a computer simulation model for evaluating logging residue handling systems. The flow of resources is traced through a prespecified combination of operations including yarding, chipping, sorting, loading, transporting, and unloading. The model was used to evaluate the feasibility of converting logging residues to chips that could be used, for example, to generate electrical power. Empirical results obtained for two processing schemes are reported.

Keywords

Computer programs, forest residues, logging operations work sequence

Citation

Bare, B. Bruce; Jayne, Benjamin A.; Anholt, Brian F. 1976. A simulation-based approach for evaluating logging residue handling systems. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-045. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 30 p