Objective
THE PRODUCTION OF THE FOREST OF GREECE IS MOSTLY SMALL DIMENSION WOOD. SUCH WOOD IS PRESENTLY USED AS FUEL, BUT ITS USE IS DECLINING DUE TO REPLACEMENT OF WOOD BY OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY (OIL, ELECTRICITY, GAS) FOR HEATING AND COOKING. IN 1980, THE TOTAL WOOD PRODUCTION WAS AS FOLLOWS:ROUND WOOD (SAWLOGS ETC.) 617.000 M3, INDUSTRIAL WOOD (CHIPPED FOR PARTICLEBOARD, FIBERBOARD PULP) 150.000 M3, FUELWOOD 1.759.562 M3 (MOST OF THE FUELWOOD IS PRODUCED BY EVERGREEN BROADLEAVED AND COPPICE FORESTS). INDICATIVE OF THE POSSIBLE PRODUCTION OF WOOD OF THE LATTER CATEGORY IS THAT IN FORMER YEARS SUCH PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 3 TIMES HIGHER (1959: 4.529.994 M3).
THE OBJECTIVE OF RESEARCH IS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF UTILIZING SMALL DIMENSION WOOD, IN MAKING INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, SUCH AS PARTICLEBOARD, FIBERBOARD, FLCORING, CHARCOAL, ETC.
IN A GENERALIZED ANALYSIS, THE RESEARCH WILL INCLUDE:
1. A SURVEY OF THE RESPECTIVE (EVERGREEN BROADLEAVED, COPPICE) FORESTS:AREA, GROWING STOCK, YEARLY GROWTH.
2. HARVESTING (METHODS AND ECONOMICS): MECHANIZATION OF HARVESTING WILL BE STUDIED TO REPLACE TRADITIONAL METHODS.
3. EVALUATION OF PRODUCTION:DIMENSIONS OF WOOD, BARK CONTENT.
4. STUDY OF THE WOOD:MACROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION, FIBER MORPHOLOGY, PROPERTIES (DENSITY, SHRINKAGE, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, MACHINING PROPERTIES ETC.)
5. EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION OF PRODUCTS (AS ABOVE):
A. TECHNICAL STUDY
B.ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY.
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