The forest is considered as a significant source of woody biomass production. Sustainable production of wood, lower emittance of CO2 from burning, and lower amount of sulfur and heavy metals are the advantages of woods rather than fossil fuels. The utilization of biomass, as an energy resource, is required four main steps of production, pretreatment, bio-refinery, and upgrading. This work reviews Machine Learning applications in the production of the woody biomass raw material in forests because investigating numerous related works concluded that there is a considerable reviewing gap in analyzing and collecting the applications of Machine Learning in the woody biomass. To fill this gap in the current work, the origin of woods is explained and the application of Machine Learning in this section is scrutinized. Then, the multidisciplinary enhancement approaches in the production of plants as well as the role of Machine Learning in each of them are reviewed. Meanwhile, the role of natural and planted forests in the production of woody biomass is explained and the application of Machine Learning in these areas is surveyed. Summarily, after analysis of numerous papers, it is concluded that Machine Learning and Deep Learning is widely utilized in the production of woody biomass to enhance the wood production quantity and quality, improve the predictions, enhance the harvesting techniques, and diminish the losses.
Skip Nav Destination
Article navigation
Review Article|
June 20 2023
A review on the application of machine learning in production of woody biomass from natural and planted forests
Wei Peng;
Wei Peng
(Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft)
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Regina
, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
Search for other works by this author on:
Omid Karimi Sadaghiani
Omid Karimi Sadaghiani
a)
(Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization)
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Regina
, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: o.sadaghiyani1984@gmail.com
Search for other works by this author on:
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: o.sadaghiyani1984@gmail.com
J. Renewable Sustainable Energy 15, 032703 (2023)
Article history
Received:
March 08 2023
Accepted:
May 16 2023
Citation
Wei Peng, Omid Karimi Sadaghiani; A review on the application of machine learning in production of woody biomass from natural and planted forests. J. Renewable Sustainable Energy 1 May 2023; 15 (3): 032703. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0149793
Download citation file:
Sign in
Don't already have an account? Register
Sign In
You could not be signed in. Please check your credentials and make sure you have an active account and try again.
Pay-Per-View Access
$40.00
Citing articles via
Tilted lidar profiling: Development and testing of a novel scanning strategy for inhomogeneous flows
Stefano Letizia, Rachel Robey, et al.
A review of tidal energy—Resource, feedbacks, and environmental interactions
Simon P. Neill, Kevin A. Haas, et al.
Wind tunnel testing of wind turbine and wind farm control strategies for active power regulation
J. Gonzalez Silva, D. van der Hoek, et al.