ABSTRACT
Wise utilization of the forest resource relates to awareness of its value (Ince, 1979). The amount of heat energy that can be recovered from wood or bark determines its fuel value. The amount of recoverable heat energy varies with moisture content and chemical composition. Recoverable heat energy varies among tree species and even within a species. In this chapter, we provide a summary of information that may be used to estimate recoverable heat energy in wood or bark fuel, biomass weight considerations, biomass weight examples, and methods for estimating stand-level biomass.
