Availability and Applicability of Wood and Crop Residues for the Production of Wood Composites
Due to high levels of volatility in both the agricultural and the forestry commodity markets, specifically, of timber and agricultural crops, it is important to identify the risks associated with the stability of supplies necessary for the production of composite materials in the Czech Republic. Thi...
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doaj-c5957ba3bf62486d87875c47d90025fd2021-06-01T00:28:05ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072021-05-011264164110.3390/f12050641Availability and Applicability of Wood and Crop Residues for the Production of Wood CompositesPetr Procházka0Vladimír Honig1Jiří Bouček2Kateřina Hájková3Lukáš Trakal4Jana Soukupová5Hynek Roubík6Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Chemistry, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Wood Processing and Biomaterials, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Wood Processing and Biomaterials, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Water Resources and Environmental Modelling, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicFaculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDue to high levels of volatility in both the agricultural and the forestry commodity markets, specifically, of timber and agricultural crops, it is important to identify the risks associated with the stability of supplies necessary for the production of composite materials in the Czech Republic. This study aims to accurately estimate the availability of selected raw materials that contain lignocellulose over the next 20 years. In addition, their suitability for the production of composite materials is assessed based on their physical properties. Furthermore, in the event of scarcity involving timber in the European Union, recycled wood and post-harvest residues could replace conventional raw materials in wood-based composites such as particleboards and chipboards. The viable potential of Czech forests is predicted to be between 740 and 750 million cubic meters of timber. For agricultural crops, it is estimated at 0.9 million hectares of wheat and 0.5 million hectares of canola under the current EU biofuel policy and at 0.4 million hectares if this policy is removed. According to moisture and fibre analyses carried out in our study, the most suitable candidate for wood-based composites production is soft wood.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/5/641biomassforestcrop residueswood-based compositeshardwoodsoftwood |
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Petr Procházka Vladimír Honig Jiří Bouček Kateřina Hájková Lukáš Trakal Jana Soukupová Hynek Roubík Availability and Applicability of Wood and Crop Residues for the Production of Wood Composites Forests biomass forest crop residues wood-based composites hardwood softwood |
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Availability and Applicability of Wood and Crop Residues for the Production of Wood Composites |
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Availability and Applicability of Wood and Crop Residues for the Production of Wood Composites |
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Availability and Applicability of Wood and Crop Residues for the Production of Wood Composites |
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Availability and Applicability of Wood and Crop Residues for the Production of Wood Composites |
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Availability and Applicability of Wood and Crop Residues for the Production of Wood Composites |
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availability and applicability of wood and crop residues for the production of wood composites |
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Due to high levels of volatility in both the agricultural and the forestry commodity markets, specifically, of timber and agricultural crops, it is important to identify the risks associated with the stability of supplies necessary for the production of composite materials in the Czech Republic. This study aims to accurately estimate the availability of selected raw materials that contain lignocellulose over the next 20 years. In addition, their suitability for the production of composite materials is assessed based on their physical properties. Furthermore, in the event of scarcity involving timber in the European Union, recycled wood and post-harvest residues could replace conventional raw materials in wood-based composites such as particleboards and chipboards. The viable potential of Czech forests is predicted to be between 740 and 750 million cubic meters of timber. For agricultural crops, it is estimated at 0.9 million hectares of wheat and 0.5 million hectares of canola under the current EU biofuel policy and at 0.4 million hectares if this policy is removed. According to moisture and fibre analyses carried out in our study, the most suitable candidate for wood-based composites production is soft wood. |
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