From: A life cycle and product type based estimator for quantifying the carbon stored in wood products
Biofuel Biochar | Biofuel and charcoal | Â | |||
Combustion efficiency | 96% | ||||
Charcoal decay\(\left(\tau \right)\) | 0.007 | ||||
Charcoal decay\(\left(\sigma \right)\) | 0.0003 | ||||
Disposal rate | End-use wood product | α | β | γ | |
Building | 0.133 | 0.028 | 80 | ||
Exterior use | 0.326 | 0.041 | 25 | ||
Home application | 0.265 | 0.031 | 30 | ||
Newspaper | 3.062 | 0.0 | 2 | ||
Graphic paper | 1.006 | 0.0 | 6 | ||
Packing paper | 6.036 | 0.0 | 1 | ||
Household paper | 12.036 | 0.0 | 0.5 | ||
Recycle rate | Disposed wood product | λ | µ | ||
Building | 0.085 | 0.015 | |||
Home application | 0.085 | 0.016 | |||
Newspaper | 0.225 | 0.027 | |||
Graphic paper | 0.225 | 0.027 | |||
Packing paper | 0.225 | 0.027 | |||
Landfill decay rate | Waste wood material | ξ | ω | ||
Building | 0.997 | 30 | |||
Exterior use | 1.178 | 20 | |||
Home application | 1.329 | 15 | |||
Paper | 0.821 | 5 |