PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICAL POWER AND HEAT FROM THE WASTES OF LOGGING AND WOODWORKING INDUSTRY
In the process of forest exploitation the wastes of logging and woodworking are inevitable. Waste amounts will increase with the depth of processing. The EU countries hold a course for burning wastes at thermal power plants to generate heat and electricity; the Russian Federation with huge amounts of that resource takes steps in that direction. The rising prices for purchased energy contribute to that. The case of a timber company OOO “Petrov”, which leases forest land of the Borovlyanskiy Forest District of the Main Department of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Altai Region is studied; a possible use of wood waste products is shown. The resources are estimated on the basis of logging volumes determined by the lease contract and the estimated timber processing volume. The following is considered: a possible balance of thermal and electrical energy consumption in the forest village of Chekanikha in production facilities and energy potential of wood waste generated during timber logging and processing. It is shown that the production facilities of the OOO “Petrov” and the public facilities of the rural community (school, kindergarten, club, administration) may be fully supplied with heat and electricity generated from the available production wastes. Such conclusion is proved by the reported data of a timber company of the OAO Larichikhinskiy LPKh of the Talmenskiy District with similar volumes of timber logging and processing for 2013, and by the figures of heat consumption. The cost of heat production enables recouping the capital costs for 2.5 years and making profit further on.