Solid biofuels, including wood chips, are still the most important feedstock in structure of primary energy production from renewable sources. Wood chips derived mainly forests and industry, sawmills. However, considerable diversity chipper types results great differences their final efficiency. The objective this study was to analyze evaluate efficiency three mobile chippers used chip by deter...

I would like to thank my advisors, Drs. Sigrid Resh and Evan Kane, for their continued guidance and support in all things academic and research related during my Master of Science program. Thank you for believing in me and choosing me to work on this project. If it weren't for their collaboration, this project would never have happened. Thank you all for the input and advice revolving around so...

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Hanna Hörhammer Name of the doctoral dissertation A larch biorefinery producing pulp and lactic acid Publisher School of Chemical Technology Unit Department of Forest Products Technology Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 143/2014 Field of research Biorefineries Manuscript submitted 6 June 2014 D...

This study investigates the effect of ageing on the qualitative and quantitative composition of plum distillate in contact with oak wood chips. Maturation was performed with lightly toasted French oak (Quercus sessiflora and Quercus robur) chips or oak chips made from fragments of empty barrels that had been used for ageing cognac. The effects of oak chip dose, process temperature, ageing syste...