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Table 6 User-defined parameters of the ModerateLarge scenario (referring to the model description in Appendix 1)

From: Management-related energy, nutrient and worktime efficiencies of the wood fuel production and supply chain: modelling and assessment

General parameters

 

Task-specific parameters of seasoning

standArea

lightVehicleConsumption

machineCarrierConsumption

workingDayDuration

distanceToWorkplace

 

pileCoverage

durationMonths

(ha)

(kWh km−1)

(kWh km−1)

(h)

(km)

 

(Boolean)

(number of months)

5

0.6

3.5

7

30

 

False

6

Task-specific parameters of felling, combined felling and bucking, forwarding and chipping

Dg (cm) range

Method

Taska

materialConservationRatio

machinePerformance

hourlyFuelConsumption

oilRatio

machineWeight

BMRConsumptionPerWeight

machineLifeTime

humanToMachineRatio

machineCarrierNeeded

(no unit)

(t pmh−1)

(kWh pmh−1)

(no unit)

(t)

(kWh t−1)

(pmh)

(no unit)

(Boolean)

[8, 17[

1

Felling

0.9

3.03

493.5

0.058

27

16,556

20,000

1.3

True

Forwarding

0.9

14.6

298.9

0.033

13.73

16,556

20,000

1.2

True

Chipping

0.9

28.75

573

0.02

26

16,556

20,000

1.43

True

[35, 100[

2

Fell+buckb

0.9

5.1

10.5

0.322

0.006

16,556

4000

1.17

False

Forwarding

1

7.7

298.9

0.033

13.73

16,556

20,000

1.2

True

Chipping

0.9

35

573

0.02

26

16,556

20,000

1.43

True

Task-specific parameters of transport

Dg (cm) range

Method

deviceVolumeCapacity

deviceMassCapacity

BiomassBulkDensity

DeviceConsumptionFull

DeviceConsumptionEmpty

oilRatio

deviceWeight

BMRConsumptionPerWeight

deviceLifeDistance

deviceAverageSpeed

deliveryDistance

(m3)

(t)

(t m−3)

(kWh km−1)

(kWh km−1)

(no unit)

(t)

(kWh t−1)

(km)

(km h−1)

(km)

[8, 17[; [35, 100[

1–2

90

30

0.3

6.435

4.455

0.0008

27

16,556

1,500,000

68

91

  1. aFelling was applied to trees without leaves (winter season)
  2. bCombined felling and bucking