Because there is a lack of wood resources in many countries, this work focused on pulp and paper production from the waste agricultural residues non-wood plants. The aimed to nitrate-alkaline black mustard (Brassica Nigra L.) camelina (Camelina Sativa L.). were selected due expanding planted areas these crops Czech Republic. To characterize chemical composition camelina, cellulose, lignin, ash,...

The U.S. Forest Service, Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program is tasked with making reporting estimates of various forest attributes using a design-based network permanent sampling plots. To make its more precise, FIA uses technique known as post-stratification to group plots into homogenous classes, which helps lower variance when deriving population means. Currently nationally available map t...

Engineered wood products (EWPs) have evolved over time to become a popular and sustainable alternative traditional lumber by offering design flexibility, increased strength, improved quality control. This work analyzes the potential of Portuguese eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) produce glued-laminated timber (glulam) for structural applications. Currently, this hardwood is used less noble appl...

This study aims to investigate the feasibility of producing OSB from softwood species used in Eastern Canadian lumber industry context overcapacity chips traditionally produced for pulp and paper industry. Balsam fir, black spruce, jack pine logs were make 15 mm thick panels with a target density 600 kg/m3. The manufactured at temperature 210 °C during pressing cycle 300 s. Strands different th...

Accurate growth projections are critical to reliable forest models, and ecoiogita l ly based simulators can improve siivicultural predictions because of their sensitivity to change and their capacity to produce long-term forecasts. Potential relative increment (PRI) optimal diameter growth equations for loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, sweetgum, and white oak were fit to data from the Arkansas po...

Heat treatment of wood is an effective method to improve the dimensional stability and durability against biodegradation. Optimisation of a two-stage heat treatment process at relatively mild conditions (<200°C) and its effect on the anatomical structure of softwoods were investigated by means of a light and scanning electron microscopic analysis. Heat treatment did have an effect on the anatom...

The recent focus on bioenergy has led to interest in developing alternative technologies for assessing the fuel value of available biomass resources. In this study, both nearand midinfrared spectroscopic datawere used to predict fuel value in relation to extractives and lignin contents for longleaf pine wood. Samples were analyzed both before and after extraction.Using both nearand mid-infrared...

BACKGROUND Softwoods are the dominant source of lignocellulosic biomass in the northern hemisphere, and have been investigated worldwide as a renewable substrate for cellulosic ethanol production. One challenge to using softwoods, which is particularly acute with pine, is that the pretreatment process produces inhibitory compounds detrimental to the growth and metabolic activity of fermenting o...