Simulation of geometric thinning systems and their time requirements for young forests
In Fennoscandia, large areas that have not been subjected to pre-commercial thinning (PCT), and thus support dense stands, are becoming suitable for harvesting biomass. However, efficient systems for harvesting biomass from young stands have not yet been developed. In order to optimise biomass harve...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ed80f710dba34766b36af94411f4151d 2023-05-15T16:12:06+02:00 Simulation of geometric thinning systems and their time requirements for young forests Bergström, Dan Bergsten, Urban Nordfjell, Tomas Lundmark, Tomas 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.311 https://doaj.org/article/ed80f710dba34766b36af94411f4151d EN eng Finnish Society of Forest Science https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/311 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-4075 2242-4075 doi:10.14214/sf.311 https://doaj.org/article/ed80f710dba34766b36af94411f4151d Silva Fennica, Vol 41, Iss 1 (2007) Forestry SD1-669.5 article 2007 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.311 2022-12-31T00:17:18Z In Fennoscandia, large areas that have not been subjected to pre-commercial thinning (PCT), and thus support dense stands, are becoming suitable for harvesting biomass. However, efficient systems for harvesting biomass from young stands have not yet been developed. In order to optimise biomass harvesting it is here hypothesized that the handling unit should not be a single tree but a corridor area, i.e., all trees in a specific area should be harvested in the same crane movement cycle. Three types of corridor harvesting approaches (using accumulating felling heads for geometric harvesting in two different patterns) were compared in terms of time required to fell a corridor of standardised size. Corridors are defined as strips of harvested areas between conventional strip-roads. Harvests were simulated in two types of stands, first thinning (FT) and delayed PCT stands, in which the spatial positions of the trees had been mapped. The differences in simulated time consumption per corridor were minor when the only variable changed was the corridor pattern. However, there were ca. 2-fold and 3-fold differences in simulated time consumption per corridor between the harvesting approaches for the FT stand and the PCT-stand, respectively. Furthermore, area handling (felling head accumulating all trees corridor-wise, with no restrictions on the accumulated number of trees except for a certain load limit) was found to give up to 2.4-fold increases in productivity compared to a single-tree (reference) approach for the FT stand. In conclusion, the simulation results clearly show the benefits of applying area-harvesting systems in young, dense stands. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles The Corridor ENVELOPE(78.139,78.139,-68.582,-68.582) Silva Fennica 41 1 |
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In Fennoscandia, large areas that have not been subjected to pre-commercial thinning (PCT), and thus support dense stands, are becoming suitable for harvesting biomass. However, efficient systems for harvesting biomass from young stands have not yet been developed. In order to optimise biomass harvesting it is here hypothesized that the handling unit should not be a single tree but a corridor area, i.e., all trees in a specific area should be harvested in the same crane movement cycle. Three types of corridor harvesting approaches (using accumulating felling heads for geometric harvesting in two different patterns) were compared in terms of time required to fell a corridor of standardised size. Corridors are defined as strips of harvested areas between conventional strip-roads. Harvests were simulated in two types of stands, first thinning (FT) and delayed PCT stands, in which the spatial positions of the trees had been mapped. The differences in simulated time consumption per corridor were minor when the only variable changed was the corridor pattern. However, there were ca. 2-fold and 3-fold differences in simulated time consumption per corridor between the harvesting approaches for the FT stand and the PCT-stand, respectively. Furthermore, area handling (felling head accumulating all trees corridor-wise, with no restrictions on the accumulated number of trees except for a certain load limit) was found to give up to 2.4-fold increases in productivity compared to a single-tree (reference) approach for the FT stand. In conclusion, the simulation results clearly show the benefits of applying area-harvesting systems in young, dense stands. |
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Simulation of geometric thinning systems and their time requirements for young forests |
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Simulation of geometric thinning systems and their time requirements for young forests |
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Simulation of geometric thinning systems and their time requirements for young forests |
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Simulation of geometric thinning systems and their time requirements for young forests |
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