Check-in: moisture content – radiowave arrival measurement on roundwood and chip trucks
The moisture content of wood chips and fuel- and pulpwood is important for both logistics and industrial processes. Today’s methods for measuring the moisture content of wood chips are slow, and the methods for roundwood moisture measurement are so cumbersome that they are de-facto not used.
This project will develop methods for fast moisture content measurement of wood chip and roundwood trucks. New equipment will be developed and evaluated, as well as new models for the interaction between micro waves and roundwood. The broadband micro wave equipment will measure through the entire truck load, resulting in much better representativeness than the small samples taken with current methods. The effects will be more material- and energy efficient processes (material mixing, debarking, cooking, incineration), faster and fairer execution of the affair, improved logistics and storage, and providing a means for trading roundwood based on dry weight instead of volume.
Kari Hyll
Skogforsk
kari.hyll@skogforsk.se
Project information
Participants
Skogforsk
Gävle Energi
University of Gävle
Radarbolaget i Gävle
Stora Enso Skog
Sveaskog Förvaltnings AB
Schedule
January 2022 - September 2025
Total project cost
4 918 644 SEK
The Swedish Energy Agency's project number
2021-00100
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