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Comparison of Efficiency for Wood Fuels (Chips and Pellets) by Life Cycle Assessment  

Choi, Young-Seop (College of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Joon-Soon (College of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University)
Cha, Du-Song (College of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.98, no.4, 2009 , pp. 426-434 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to derive the most optimal production process for the wood fuels(chip and pellet), by collecting cost data on each procedure through the life cycle assessment approach, and to compare between the profitability and efficiency, from the view points of producers and consumers, irrespectively. The costs accounted in this analysis were based on the opportunity cost. The results show that wood chips are cheaper than wood pellets in production costs. In respect to the process with the lowest production cost, while wood chips should be to crush collected residues into pieces on the spot for merchandizing, wood pellets need to be transported to manufactory for pelletizing. The study findings also include that the profits, which is estimated by subtracting expenses from gained sale revenue, were a bit higher for wood chips than wood pellets. Additionally, the price ratio of wood pellets to wood chips for getting the same caloric value appears to be 1.27. Despite of economic benefits of processing wood chips, there are several problems in practice. For producers, there is a possible increase in not only transportation cost for conveying crushers to the dispersed places, but storage cost due to the lack of the marketplaces in the immediate surroundings. For consumers, on the other hand, there are some challenging issues, such as bulky storage facility requirement, additional labor for fuel supplement, frequent ashes disposal, and decomposition in summer and freezing in winter caused by wood chips' own moisture.
Keywords
wood chips; wood pellets; life cycle assessment; product cost; efficiency;
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