Wood fuel preparation

L. H. Reineke

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Wood fuel preparation

Informally Refereed

Authors:

L. H. Reineke

Year:

1965

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

Research note FPL no. 090. Madison, WI : USDA, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 14 pages.

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Abstract

This report gives information on the preparation of wood fuel from wood residues and other wood raw materials. Types of wood fuel discussed are cordwood, stovewood, slabwood, kindling, chips, hogged fuel, sawdust and shavings, bark, charcoal, alcohol, and briquets. Related information is given on types of machinery for preparing wood fuel and on possible markets for its sale.

Keywords

Wood chips, sawdust, bark, charcoal, alcohols, wood residues, fuelwood, briquettes, corewood, stovewood, slabwood, kindling, hogged fuel, shavings

Citation

Reineke, L. H. 1965. Wood fuel preparation. Research note FPL no. 090. Madison, WI : USDA, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 14 pages.