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Lenny Naidoo,Mihalis Chasomeris
AbstractThe South African forestry industry contributes to the economic growth of the country by the planting of trees and the processing of these trees for the export market. The purpose of this study is to examine the trends in wood chip exports from t...
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Pablo Undurraga,Juan Hirzel,Jose Celis,Carla Perez,Marco A. Sandoval
Pág. 147 - 157
The use of wood residues to produce energy and steam in the pulp and paper industry generates ash waste and sewage sludge that contain nutrients for plants as a potential fertilizer. The objective of this study was to evaluate the possible toxi...
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Alejandro Padilla-Rivera, Julie Barrette, Pierre Blanchet and Evelyne Thiffault
Global demand for renewable energy has increased drastically over the last decade due to new climate change policies implemented in many jurisdictions. Wood pellets made from primary wood processing mill residues represent an attractive source of renewab...
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Leonardo Ferreira Pedroso de Almeida, Antonio Vanderley Herrero Sola, Jhon Jairo Ramirez Behainne
Pág. 461 - 468
This paper presents a study carried out in a Brazilian pellet industry in order to determine the main properties of sugarcane bagasse pellets. Materials and methods are in accordance with standards from the Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT)...
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Tingting Ding, Xiaoxing Yan and Wenting Zhao
Microcapsules have received a great deal of attention from researchers due to their excellent properties, and are commonly prepared by interfacial and in situ polymerisation methods. In situ polymerisation is an important method of microcapsule preparati...
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I. Soto Izquierdo, O. Soto Izquierdo, M. Ramalho
Pág. Page 229 - 240
The continued growth in demand for cement has raised concerns in the industry about environmental and sustainability issues. In addition, the worldwide generation of large quantities of solid waste threatens human health and on environmental quality. Thi...
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Joachim Maack, Marcus Lingenfelder, Thomas Smaltschinski, Dirk Jaeger and Barbara Koch
The globally emerging concepts and strategies for a ?bioeconomy? rely on the vision of a sustainable bio-based substitution process. Fossil fuels are scarce and their use contributes to global warming. To replace them in the value chains, it is essential...
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Huihui Sun, Hao Yan, Mostafa Hassanalian, Junguo Zhang and Abdessattar Abdelkefi
Unmanned air vehicle (UAV) systems for performing forestry applications have expanded in recent decades and have great economic benefits. They are validated to be more appealing than traditional platforms in various aspects, such as repeat rate, spatial ...
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Megan Braga, Susana de Sousa Araújo, Hélia Sales, Rita Pontes and João Nunes
Chestnuts are multipurpose trees that grow mainly in the Northern Hemisphere due to their aptitude for fruit and wood production. These trees are vastly significant for the economy and wildlife. The widespread distribution of these trees demonstrates the...
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Isabel Rute Fontinha and Elsa Eustáquio
Anodizing is commonly used for corrosion protection of aluminum and its alloys in the construction industry. The anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) coating has a high ability to prevent the development of extensive pitting corrosion in aluminum substrates, part...
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Emilia Ciupan, Cornel Ciupan, Emilia-Maria Câmpean, Lucia Stelea, Cecilia-Elena Policsek, Florin Lungu and Daniela-Corina Jucan
Wood is used as a raw material in various industries, including the production of furniture, which puts pressure on the exploitation of the forests and the continuous reduction of their surfaces, with undesirable effects on the environment. The paper pro...
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Luciana Cristina Soto Herek Rezende, Cynthia Algayer da Silva, Guilherme Piovezan Otto, Murilo Pereira Moisés, Rosângela Bergamasco, Sílvia Luciana Fávaro
Pág. 193 - 200
Considering the increased generation of solid waste and the difficulty of proper final disposal, it is of utmost importance to study the reuse of solid waste, seeking a beneficial alternative for the population and the environment. This study aimed to pr...
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Diogo José Horst, Rodolfo R. H. Petter, Rogério de Almeida Vieira, Theodoro Marcel Wagner
Pág. 591 - 598
Wood wastes are potential material for second generation ethanol production within the concept of residual forest bio-refinery. Current paper reports on ethanol production employing an HPLC method for monitoring the chemical content dispersed in the hydr...
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Majid Kiaei,Reza Bakhshi
Pág. 171 - 177
Aim of study: The aim of this study was to determine some of the physical, biometry and mechanical strength properties of Diospyros lotus L. wood along radial direction from the pith to the bark and the relationship between wood various properties. Area ...
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Juliano Fiorelli, Rafael Dalfito Ramos, Jonathan Tsutomu Sayama, Nubia Garzón Barrero, Eliria de Jesus Agnolon Palone
Pág. 251 - 256
This paper examined the potential of manufacturing bonded particleboards using timber industry waste of Pinus spp. Panels were evaluated with 0.6 and 0.8 g cm-3 of density and produced with urea-formaldehyde resin and bi-component polyurethane resin base...
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Theodore Dickerson and Juan Soria
Catalytic pyrolysis is a promising thermochemical conversion route for lignocellulosic biomass that produces chemicals and fuels compatible with current, petrochemical infrastructure. Catalytic modifications to pyrolysis bio-oils are geared towards the e...
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M. de Castro Silva,H. Machado,L. Neves,C. Araujo,A. Phillips
Pág. 300 - 305
Plantations of Eucalyptus globulus represent the main source of wood for the pulp and paper industry in Portugal and are affected by the complex of Mycosphaerella and Teratosphaeria species (Mycosphaerella leaf disease), which is an important foliage dis...
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José F. Martirena, Idalberto Herrera, Sergio Quiroz, Maria Jesus Lamela, Raúl Gonzalez
Pág. Page 208 - 223
This work presents some experiences in producing building materials, such as clay bricks, from an alternative energy source that replaces wood or firewood by waste lignocellulosic material submited to the process of densification under low pressure. The ...
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Hugh J. Barclay,Tina Schivatcheva,Chao Li
Historically, fire has been one of the main determinants of age structure in the forests of British Columbia, but in the face of recurring fires and other disruptive processes, achieving a stable forest age-class structure for sustainable harvesting is a...
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Michal Kloiber, Dita Frankeová, Zuzana Slí?ková and Jirí Kunecký
The paper describes a method of structural repair to damaged elements of protected timber houses. Emphasis is laid on minimum intervention in the valuable material that needs to be preserved to the maximum possible extent, especially without larger inter...
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