A computer program for analysis of fuelwood harvesting costs

George B. Harpole; Giuseppe Rensi

doi:10.2737/FPL-GTR-46

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A computer program for analysis of fuelwood harvesting costs

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Authors:

George B. Harpole, Giuseppe Rensi

Year:

1985

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/FPL-GTR-46

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-46. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory; 1985. 18 pages

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Abstract

The fuelwood harvesting computer program (FHP) is written in FORTRAN 60 and designed to select a collection of harvest units and systems from among alternatives to satisfy specified energy requirements at a lowest cost per million Btu's as recovered in a boiler, or thousand pounds of H2O evaporative capacity kiln drying. Computed energy costs are used as a criterion of economic viability. Sensitivities of energy costs and fuel requirements to changes in moisture content are computed and provided in the printed output.

Keywords

Wood/bark fuel, harvesting, economics, computer program

Citation

Harpole, George B.; Rensi, Giuseppe. 1985. A computer program for analysis of fuelwood harvesting costs. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-46. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory; 1985. 18 pages