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Opportunities for the forest products industries

The concept of sustainable harvests is not new to lumber and paper companies?they have been concerned about it and been practicing it for decades, long before it became the headline in a newspaper article. After decades of static products and markets, the industry is offered an opportunity to add products in a new business sector?fuels and chemicals. Although paper...

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Author(s):

Alan W. Rudie

Year:

2011

Keywords:

Forest products industry, technological innovations, wood utilization, forest products, energy industries, forest biomass, sustainable forestry, renewable natural resources, biomass utilization, biotechnology, biomass energy, fuelwood, fuelwood industry, feedstock, wood products, sustainability, biomass conversion, ethanol, value added, glucose, hydrolysis, pyrolysis, synthetic fuels, biochemistry, paper industry, chemical utilization, review article, biorefining, bioconversion, biomass fuel, biofuels, forest resources, renewable energy sources, wood as fuel, alcohol

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Woody biomass utilization : conference proceedings, Aug. 4-5, 2009. Madison, WI : Forest Products Society, c2011: p. 3-16: ISBN: 9781892529602: 1892529602

Proceedings: linking healthy forests and communities—successful strategies and future directions.

The Linking Healthy Forests and Communities conference brought together a diverse group representing government agencies, traditional forest users, landholders, scientists, and small enterprises and other businesses related to nontimber forest products. The purpose was to exchange information, encourage cooperation, and raise awareness of environmentally and...

Author(s):

David L. Nicholls

Year:

2005

Keywords:

Forest products industry, value-added wood products, nontimber forest products, manufacturing, marketing, Alaska

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-631. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 51 p

Two-year Wisconsin thermal loads for roof assemblies and wood, wood–plastic composite, and fiberglass shingles

Temperature histories for various types of roof shingles, wood roof sheathing, roof rafters, and non-ventilated attics are being monitored in outdoor attic structures using simulated North American light-framed construction. This report presents 2-year data histories for annual thermal loads for western redcedar, wood?thermoplastic composite, and fiberglass shingles...

Author(s):

Jerrold E. Winandy; Michael Grambsch; Cherilyn Hatfield

Year:

2005

Keywords:

Thermal loads, roof assemblies, wood shingles, wood-plastic composite shingles, fiberglass shingles

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Research Note FPL-RN-0301. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 11 pages

Long-term effects of elevated carbon dioxide on sour orange tree specific gravity and anatomy

Exposure to elevated levels of atmospheric CO₂ for a period of 17 years resulted in small but statistically significant decreases in wood basic specific gravity and number of rays per millimeter. Other anatomical characteristics (percentages of tissues, number of vessels per square millimeter, vessel diameters, and fiber wall thickness) were...

Author(s):

Michael C. Wiemann; David Kretschmann; Alan Rudie; Bruce A. Kimball; Sherwood B. Idso

Year:

2008

Keywords:

carbon dioxide, specific gravity, wood anatomy, vessels, rays, axial parenchyma, fibers

Source:

Research Paper FPL-RP-648. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 7 p.

LCA Study for Pilot Scale Production of Cellulose Nano Crystals (CNC) from Wood Pulp

Interest in cellulose nanocrystals (CNC)/cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) made from woody biomass has been growing rapidly with close attention from pulp and paper industry, governments, universities, and research institutes. Many new products development with CNCs have been studied intensively. However, little life-cycle analysis (LCA) has been conducted for the...

Author(s):

Hongmei Gu; Richard Reiner; Richard Bergman; Alan Rudie

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Cellulous nanocrystal (CNC), Life-cycle inventory, life-cycle assessment, commercial production, Nanotechnology

Source:

Proceedings from the LCA XV Conference

Biorefinery opportunities for the forest products industries

Wood residues offer biorefinery opportunities for new products in our industries including fuel and chemicals. But industry must have two capabilities to succeed with biorefineries. Most forest products companies already have the first capability: knowing where the resource is, how to get it, and how much it will cost. They will need to integrate the acquisition of...

Author(s):

Alan W. Rudie

Year:

2013

Keywords:

Juglans, plantation culture, nut production

Source:

In: Van Sambeek, J.W.; Jackson, Elizabeth A.; Coggeshall, Mark V.; Thomas, Andrew L.; Michler, Charles H. eds. 2013. Managing fine hardwoods after a half century of research: Proceedings of the Seventh Walnut Council Research Symposium; 2011 August 1-3; Madison, WI. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-115. Newtown Square, PA; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 15.

Use of wood energy for lumber drying and community heating in southeast Alaska

The inadequate transportation infrastructure and undeveloped markets for sawmill residues in southeast Alaska are among the factors that limit the use of this forest resource. This study considers the potential use of sawmill residues to supply two bioenergy systems that would produce thermal energy for (1) community heating and (2) a lumber dry kiln in Hoonah, Alaska...

Author(s):

David L. Nicholls; John I. Zerbe; Richard D. Bergman; Peter M. Crimp

Year:

2004

Keywords:

Biomass, wood energy, lumber drying, wood residues, sawmill, Alaska

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-152. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 14 pages

Chapter 1.1 Process Scale-Up of Cellulose Nanocrystal Production to 25 kg per Batch at the Forest Products Laboratory

The Fiber and Chemical Sciences Research Work Unit at the Forest Products Laboratory began working out the preparation of cellulose nanocrystals in 2006, using the method of Dong, Revol, and Gray. Initial samples were provided to several scientists within the Forest Service. Continued requests for this material forced scale-up from the initial 20 g scale to kg...

Author(s):

Richard S. Reiner; Alan W. Rudie

Year:

2013

Keywords:

Cellulose nanocrystals, CNC, nanocrystalline cellulose, NCC, pilot plant

Source:

In: Production and applications of Cellulose nanomaterials, TAPPI Press, Chapter 1.1, 2013; pp. 21-24.

State of the art in biorefinery in Finland and the United States, 2008

The U.S. Embassy in Finland and the Finnish Ministry of Employment and Economy jointly sponsored a U.S. Embassy Science Fellowship to survey biorefinery research and development...

Author(s):

Alan W. Rudie

Year:

2009

Keywords:

Biomass, refining, Finland, United States, biomass energy, biorefinery, gasification, saccharification, hydrolysis, fermentation, Fischer-Tropsch

Source:

General technical report FPL-GTR-185

Alaska's lumber-drying industry—impacts from a federal grant program.

A survey determined that installed dry kiln capacity in Alaska more than doubled to an estimated 220 thousand board feet (mbf) within 4 years (2000-2004). This increased ability to produce dry lumber and value-added products resulted from industry efforts to obtain federal funding to support a dry kiln grant program. This report reviews grantees' progress in...

Author(s):

David L. Nicholls; Allen M. Brackley; Thomas D. Rojas

Year:

2006

Keywords:

Wood products, economics, dry kiln, dehumidification, lumber, employment, Alaska

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-683. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 23 p

Integrated biomass technologies: future vision for optimally using wood and biomass

Exciting new opportunities are emerging for sustainably meeting many global energy needs and simultaneously creating high value biobased consumer and construction products from wood, forest and agricultural residues, and other biobased materials. In addition to traditional value added biobased products, such as lumber, paper, paperboard, and composites, opportunities...

Author(s):

Jerrold E. Winandy; Alan W. Rudie; R. Sam Williams; Theodore H. Wegner

Year:

2008

Keywords:

Value added, renewable energy sources, biomass energy, sustainable forestry, forest biomass, utilization, biomass, renewable natural resources, research, natural resources, nanotechnology, composite materials, biomass chemicals industry, integrated biomass technologies, biocomposites

Source:

Forest products journal. Vol. 58, no. 6 (June 2008): Pages 6-16

Chapter 1.2 Occupational Exposure Characterization during the Manufacture of Cellulose Nanomaterials

The forest products industry accounts for approximately 6% of total U.S. manufacturing output; nanotechnology could play an increasing role. As with any emerging technology, cellulose nanomaterials may become commercially available in a range of products before society obtains sufficient knowledge of the risk they pose to workers, consumers, and the environment. In...

Author(s):

Kenneth F. Martinez; Adrienne Eastlake; Alan Rudie; Charles Geraci

Year:

2013

Keywords:

cellulose nanocrystals, CNC, nanocrystalline cellulose, occupational exposure

Source:

In: Production and applications of Cellulose Nanomaterials, TAPPI Press, Chapter 1.2, 2013; pp. 61-64.

Low-grade and character-marked hardwoods: A research review and synthesis of solid wood manufacturing and marketing

There is a substantial body of research from the past half-century addressing hardwood utilization and markets in North America. This synthesis is the first to our knowledge to consider two major (and related) aspects of this research concurrently: low-grade hardwood utilization and marketing of character-marked wood features. We first consider low-grade hardwood...

Author(s):

David Nicholls; Matt Bumgardner

Year:

2015

Keywords:

Low-grade hardwoods, character-marks, value-added hardwoods, industrial wood use, product design, small-diameter timber, wood perception

Source:

The Forestry Chronicle. 91(05): 548-559.

Challenges and opportunities for North American hardwood manufacturers to adopt customization strategies in an era of increased competition

Much of the North American wood products industry was severely impacted by the recession of 2008?2009. In addition, many sectors within this industry face intense global competition. Against this backdrop, we examine economic opportunities for hardwood manufacturers to achieve greater competitive advantage via product customization, through a literature review and...

Author(s):

David Nicholls; Matthew Bumgardner

Year:

2018

Keywords:

Customization, competitive advantage, lean, agile, supply chain, hardwood products.

Source:

Forests. 9(4): 186-202.

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Opportunities for the forest products industries

Proceedings: linking healthy forests and communities—successful strategies and future directions.

Two-year Wisconsin thermal loads for roof assemblies and wood, wood–plastic composite, and fiberglass shingles

Long-term effects of elevated carbon dioxide on sour orange tree specific gravity and anatomy

LCA Study for Pilot Scale Production of Cellulose Nano Crystals (CNC) from Wood Pulp

Biorefinery opportunities for the forest products industries

Use of wood energy for lumber drying and community heating in southeast Alaska

Chapter 1.1 Process Scale-Up of Cellulose Nanocrystal Production to 25 kg per Batch at the Forest Products Laboratory

State of the art in biorefinery in Finland and the United States, 2008

Alaska's lumber-drying industry—impacts from a federal grant program.

Integrated biomass technologies: future vision for optimally using wood and biomass

Chapter 1.2 Occupational Exposure Characterization during the Manufacture of Cellulose Nanomaterials

Low-grade and character-marked hardwoods: A research review and synthesis of solid wood manufacturing and marketing

Challenges and opportunities for North American hardwood manufacturers to adopt customization strategies in an era of increased competition

Sources of product information used by consumers when purchasing kitchen cabinets.

Biomass utilization for bioenergy in the Western United States

Chapter 6: New Products and Product Categories in the Global Forest Sector

Evaluating selected demographic factors related to consumer preferences for furniture from commercial and from underutilized species.

Acid prehydrolysis of wood

Contemporary wood utilization research needs in the Western United States.

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