Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Energy and raw material potentials of wood residue in the Pacific Coast States: a summary of a preliminary feasibility investigation.

Author: Grantham, John B.; Estep, Eldon, M.; Pierovich, John M.; Tarkow, Harold; Adams, Thomas C.

Date: 1974

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-018. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 37 p

Station ID: GTR-PNW-018

Description: Results are reported of a preliminary investigation of feasibility of using wood residue to meet energy and raw material needs in the Pacific Coast States. Magnitude of needs was examined and volume of logging-residue and unused mill residue was estimated. Costs of obtaining and preprocessing logging residue for energy and pulp and particle board raw material were estimated and compared with selling values of mill residue fuel, pulp chips, and particle board. Marginally feasible energy use seemed best suited for inplant steam and power production by the wood industry, Although raw material selling values make wood residue use for products more attractive than for electric power generation, even these returns are seldom sufficient to meet the high costs of delivering logging residue for such use alone. Production of higher valued products or public absorption of extra costs of utilization can make these residue management alternatives more feasible.

Keywords: Wood residues, raw material pulp and paper industry), energy

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Grantham, John B.; Estep, Eldon, M.; Pierovich, John M.; Tarkow, Harold; Adams, Thomas C.  1974.  Energy and raw material potentials of wood residue in the Pacific Coast States: a summary of a preliminary feasibility investigation..   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-018. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 37 p