Improving Log Loading Efficiency for Improved Sustainable Transport within the Irish Forest and Biomass Sectors

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/3/3017/htm" target="_blank" >http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/3/3017/htm</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su7033017" target="_blank" >10.3390/su7033017</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Improving Log Loading Efficiency for Improved Sustainable Transport within the Irish Forest and Biomass Sectors

Original language description

In Ireland, timber and biomass haulage faces the challenge of transporting enough material within strict legal dimensions and gross vehicle weights restrictions for trucks and trailers. The objective of this study was to develop a method to control payload weight by knowing the moisture content of the wood. Weights, volumes, and moisture content were gathered from 100 truckloads of Sitka spruce pulpwood. Truck volume and weight utilization patterns were analyzed based on stacked volume, truck volume, and weights recorded from the weighbridge. Solid/bulk volume conversion factors for the truckloads were estimated indicating the truck's solid volume capacity to be filled. Trucks were grouped into five conditions based on their configuration-volume capacity and legal maximum payload. A loaded volume fraction was estimated to assess the optimal volume capacity and stanchion height at which the trucks should be loaded. Results showed that 100% of the trucks presented volume underutilization

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GK - Forestry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

3017-3030

UT code for WoS article

000351843400038

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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