Väätäinen, Kari

Researcher

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Expertise

• work studies in forestry and harvesting
• logistic of wood procurement and discrete-event simulation

Research Projects

Current

• Competitive Small Scale Forest Biomass Chains for District and House Heating - Opportunities for the Forest Biomass Sector in Finland and beyond
  
• Coordination of PUU-programme
  
• New logistic and technology innovations in wood procurement of forest industry
  
• New technologies for terrain trafficability prediction and logging planning
  
• Potential and feasibility of intensive wood and biomass production (EffFibre WP2)
  
• Smart forest biomass supply chains from forest to consumer including advanced logistic and quality control and fuel upgrading options
  

Former

• Five European RES Heat Pilots (5EURES)
  
• Less is more
  
• Logistical models and applications in wood procurement
  
• Profitability development of service businesses of wood procurement enterprises
  
• Protection of forest biodiversity in multi-objective forest planning
  
• Technology and logistics of industrial and energy wood in Finland and in the EU.
  
• Timber quality in single-grip harvester logging
  
• Wood harvesting technology and wood procurement in Finland and in the EU
  

Contacts

Keywords: logistics, simulation, timber harvesting, timber procurement