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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Friends<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The publication <a href="http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0015/122208/Firewood_Use_in_Victoria.doc">http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0015/122208/Firewood_Use_in_Victoria.doc</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>has formula given for the calculation of Higher Heating Value (dry basis) of firewood, citing Stucley et al (2004).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><i><span style='line-height:150%'>HHV <sub>d.b.</sub> = 0.3491*<b>C</b> + 1.1783*<b>H</b> + 0.1005*<b>S</b> - 0.0151*<b>N</b> - 0.1034*<b>O</b> - 0.0211*<b>ash</b> MJ/kg <sub>d.b.</sub><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'>Where the firewood content of each of the elements listed is entered:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>C</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'> = Carbon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>H</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'> = Hydrogen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>S</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'> = Sulphur<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt'><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:8.0pt'>N</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:8.0pt'> = Nitrogen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>O</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'> = Oxygen</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Ash</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'> = ash<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Stucley, C.R., Schuck, S.M., Sims, R.E.H, Larsen, P.L., Turvey, N.D. and Marino, B.E. (2004) <b><i>Biomass energy production in Australia: Status, costs and opportunities for major technologies.</i></b> RIRDC/FWPRDC L & W Australia / MDBC Joint Venture Agroforestry Program. Publication No. 04/031.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If that looks familiar you have been paying close attention. The LHV is calculated as usual based on the moisture content subtracting the latent heat of evaporation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0mm;text-align:justify;line-height:150%'>The project brief was (in part) a complete a high-level economic analysis of Victoria’s firewood market that delivers an estimation of:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Firewood consumption patterns, including volume, species preferences, the source of firewood and end uses, with a particular focus on Melbourne and other major regional centres; <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Firewood supply patterns, including volume, species, region of origin, tenure of origin, pricing and resource security; and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>The extent to which firewood supplied from public land, administered through DSE, influences Victoria’s firewood market. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Crispin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>