Mark Brown
University of the Sunshine Coast
59 Papers
183 Citations
Mark Brown is an academic researcher from University of the Sunshine Coast. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biomass & Supply chain. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 53 publications. Previous affiliations of Mark Brown include University of British Columbia & University of Melbourne.
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Papers
Status and prospects for renewable energy using wood pellets from the southeastern United States
Virginia H. Dale,Keith L. Kline,Esther S. Parish,Annette Cowie,Robert Emory,Robert W. Malmsheimer,Raphael Slade,Charles Smith,Thomas Bently (Ben) Wigley,Niclas Scott Bentsen,Göran Berndes,Pierre Y. Bernier,Miguel Brandão,Helena L. Chum,Rocio Diaz-Chavez,Gustaf Egnell,Leif Gustavsson,Jörg Schweinle,Inge Stupak,Paul Trianosky,Arnaldo Walter,Carly Whittaker,Mark Brown,George M. Chescheir,Ioannis Dimitriou,Caspar Donnison,Alison Goss Eng,Kevin P. Hoyt,Jennifer C. Jenkins,Kristen Johnson,Charles A. Levesque,Victoria Lockhart,Maria Cristina Negri,Jami E. Nettles,Maria Wellisch +34 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review current forest conditions and the status of the wood products industry, how pellet production affects ecosystem services and biodiversity, and what methods are in place to monitor changes and protect vulnerable systems.
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An international review of the most productive and cost effective forest biomass recovery technologies and supply chains
Mohammad Reza Ghaffariyan,Mark Brown,Mauricio Acuna,John Sessions,Tom Gallagher,Martin Kühmaier,Raffaele Spinelli,Rien Visser,Ger Devlin,Lars Eliasson,Juha Laitila,Rubén Laina,Maria Iwarsson Wide,Gustaf Egnell +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, a state-of-the-art overview of forest biomass harvesting technologies and supply chains used in North America, Europe and the Southern Hemisphere is presented, with a brief description about the source of the biomass and harvesting method.
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Methods to Manage and Optimize Forest Biomass Supply Chains: a Review
Mauricio Acuna,John Sessions,Rene Zamora,Kevin Boston,Mark Brown,Mohammad Reza Ghaffariyan +5 more
- 01 Sep 2019
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a comprehensive but concise review of the various quantitative methods, in particular, optimization techniques, for the efficient management and control of complex forest biomass supply chains.
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Optimising transport efficiency and costs in Australian wood chipping operations
TL;DR: This paper examines the optimisation of the transport scheduling of woodchips for in-field chipping operations whose efficiency depends on a range of factors and illustrates the advantages of optimising trucking efficiency and cost in the context of the Australian forest industry.
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Biomass harvesting in Eucalyptus plantations in Western Australia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the biomass yield and the productivity rates of equipment for harvesting biomass in a poor-quality eucalypt plantation in Australia, using a tracked feller-buncher, grapple skidder and mobile chipper.
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