Assessment of biomass potential for Power Production

Authors

  • E. Mateos Author
  • J.M. Edeso Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj13.494

Keywords:

Bioenergy potential, Forest residues, GIS, erosion

Abstract

The aim of this research Project is to develop a methodology to evaluate forest biomass for calculating energy production and resources cartography by means of the use of GIS (Geographic Information System) in the Urdaibai (Biscay). The project tries to determine the potential, available, and usable as energy resource, residual forest biomass, after the treatments of forest species in the area. The first part of the project aims at validating the ground map of the Urdaibai (Spain) obtained in the last Inventario Forestal Nacional (IFN3). In order to complete this part of the project, it is necessary to carry out a study on the ground composition in the area by sampling and subsequent laboratory analysis. In this inventory phase, the use of U.S.L.E/R.U.S.LE (Universal Soil Loss Equation) for calculating soil loss is suggested, since this equation is one of the main tools able to estimate the mean erosive rate of a territory. By means of this empiric model, it will be possible to determine the current soil erosion rate and its potential evolution due to different forest treatments that are characteristic of the most representative forest species in the area.

Author Biographies

  • E. Mateos

    Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    E.U.I.T.I., University of the Basque Country

    Campus of Bizkaia- Paseo Rafael Moreno “Pitxitxi” 3, 48013 Bilbao (Spain)

    Phone number:+0034 946 014343, e-mail: esperanza.mateos@ehu.es

  • J.M. Edeso

    Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science

    E.U.I.T.I., University of the Basque Country

    Campus of Vitoria- Nieves Cano,12

    Phone number: +0034945 013229 , e-mail: josemiguel.edeso@ehu.es

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Published

2024-01-16

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 6 (2015)

Section

Articles