RT Journal Article
T1 Stacking factor in transporting firewood produced from a mixture of Caatinga biome species in Brazil
A1 Antunes Santana, Otacílio
A1 Imaña Encinas, José
A1 Riesco Muñoz, Guillermo
K1 Bioenergy transport
K1 Forest logistics
K1 Hauling
K1 Piling up
K1 Wood technology
K1 Xylometer
AB The energetic requirements of the Brazilian gypsum industry are mainly provided by firewood transported by road. The cost of transporting firewood is greatly affected by the stacking factor. In this study, we determined how the stacking factor for trailer trucks varied for the firewood harvested from forest species in the Caatinga biome, Brazil. For this purpose, the following steps were carried out: i) the logs were stacked in a frame (volume, 1 stere) and weighed; ii) the solid over bark volume of each log was obtained by scanning and by xylometry (immersion in water); iii) the stacked volume of logs on the truck was measured; and iv) the stacking factor, the stacking density and the apparent density of the unpeeled wood were computed for each of 60 truck trips. The stacking factor was, on average, 1.12. This value is lower than reported for other species; the greater compaction of the timber represents an advantage in terms of transport costs. However, the maximum variation in the load weight was 20 %, which is not negligible from an economic point of view because of the associated loss of energy efficiency in the supply chain for the lowest loads.
PB Taylor and Francis
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31869
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31869
LA eng
NO Antunes Santana, O., Imaña Encinas, J. & Riesco Muñoz, G. (2023). Stacking factor in transporting firewood produced from a mixture of Caatinga biome species in Brazil, International Journal of Forest Engineering, 34:1, 54-63
NO This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in International Journal of Forest Engineering. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
DS Minerva
RD 18 abr 2026