Abstract
The paper presents some theoretical considerations and the related deliverable results obtained within a research approach developed for analytically inventorying the process variables for a wood pellets micro-production activity integrated with self-providing crops of energetic willow. The study is part of a larger research approach intended to accurately define the appropriate specifications for developing a sustainable small business in this area. Within the particular research approach being discussed in the paper, some conceptual models have been structured and are proposed, based on process systematic analysis, as following: a model of the research general hypotheses; a model of the general conceptual research frame; a process flow model for the considered integrated processes, respectively wood pellets micro-production and energetic willow crops; a model for sustainability groups of indicators to be considered; two models for process variables inventorying and classification, one for each of the two considered integrated processes. After the research hypotheses are simplified by considering some particular implementing conditions, a final model of the investigated variables is submitted to discussion. Some adequate conclusions revealed by the research approach, together with some directions of further research development are finally identified and presented in the paper.
Highlights
Research problem identificationWithin the actual global context, the problem of renewable energy resources is of vital interest
In the particular situation of countries like Romania or even for more specific delimited locations where a severe forest depletion by intensive wood mass exploiting is registered and where the local communities are highly dependent on the wood mass as heating energy resource, the sustainable development of some small businesses for integrating wood pellets micro-production and energetic willow crops appears as a viable solution
The paper presents some theoretical considerations and the related deliverable results obtained within a research approach developed for analytically inventorying the process variables for a wood pellets micro-production activity integrated with self-providing crops of energetic willow
Summary
Within the actual global context, the problem of renewable energy resources is of vital interest. Among the biomass solutions for pellets production, energetic willow (Salix viminalis) outstands as a very performant wood type resource, if considering and balancing the. In the particular situation of countries like Romania or even for more specific delimited locations where a severe forest depletion by intensive wood mass exploiting is registered and where the local communities are highly dependent on the wood mass as heating energy resource, the sustainable development of some small businesses for integrating wood pellets micro-production and energetic willow crops appears as a viable solution. The paper presents some theoretical considerations and the related deliverable results obtained within a research approach developed for analytically inventorying the process variables for a wood pellets micro-production activity integrated with self-providing crops of energetic willow. The study is part of a larger research approach intended to accurately define the appropriate specifications for developing a sustainable small business in this area
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