RECORD
Small Landowner Production of Pellets from Green, Beetle-Killed, and Burned Lodgepole Pine
- Title:
- Small Landowner Production of Pellets from Green, Beetle-Killed, and Burned Lodgepole Pine
- Creator:
- Qin, Xuexian; Keefe, Robert F.; Daugaard, Daren E.
- Date Created:
- 2018-03-14
- Description:
- To meet the growing need for raw materials to produce pellets and wood-based biofuels, trees killed by natural disturbances have increasingly been considered as potential feedstock in bioenergy development scenarios in the Western U.S. and Canada. While much research has focused on utilization of beetle-killed and fire-salvaged timber from federal lands in this region, small private landowners make up a large portion of land holdings in the Rocky Mountain Region and may also provide an important potential supply of uniform feedstock pellets in decentralized energy supply systems in the future. In this paper, we evaluated the quality of pellets produced from green, beetle-killed, and burned lodgepole pine with and without bark using a chipper, hammer mill, and pellet mill intended for use by small landowners. Results show that green, beetle-killed, and fire-salvaged lodgepole pine produced by small landowners, including material with bark, are suitable as feedstock for pellet production. Further, pellet quality can be varied through the blending of source lodgepole pine products when needed to meet pellet quality standards.
- Document Type:
- Research Article
- Subjects:
- UIEF pellets lodgepole pine pinus contorta small landowners forest products chipping biofuel wood-based biofuel beetle-kill salvage operations forest products
- UIEF Unit:
- East Hatter Creek
- Location:
- UIEF; East Hatter Creek
- Latitude:
- 46.840526
- Longitude:
- -116.780027
- Publisher:
- MDPI
- Department:
- Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences
- Type:
- Text
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Small Landowner Production of Pellets from Green, Beetle-Killed, and Burned Lodgepole Pine", UIEF Research Exchange, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/uief/items/uief_0161.html
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