How Technology Can Improve the Efficiency of Excavator-Based Cable Harvesting for Potential Biomass Extraction—A Woody Productivity Resource and Cost Analysis for Ireland

Two cable logging systems were reviewed to compare the efficiency of potential biomass extraction from remote forest sites in Ireland based on productive machine hour (PMH) and unit cost of operation (€/m3). Three operational scenarios (SC) were analysed where SC I was a three man crew operation (ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ger Devlin, Radomír Klvač
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-12-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
PMH
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/7/12/8374