Lauri Sikanen

Group Manager, Principal Scientist
  • Phone number +358295322464
  • Email address lauri.sikanen@luke.fi
  • Address Yliopistokatu 6 B 80100 JOENSUU

Toward a digital twin of forest roads – road weather stations for monitoring road condition and trafficability in Eastern Finland

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2025

Estimating future consumption of forest chips based on insights from energy producers: a case study for Finland

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2025

Healthy forests, healthy society, healthy sector

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2025

Dynamics of decomposition gases and release of volatile organic substances in long-term storage stockpiles of pine bark: Focus on mono- and sesquiterpenes

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2024

The effects of the EU’s forest-related policies on harvesting costs in Finland

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2024

Unlocking Digitalization in Forest Operations with Viewshed Analysis to Improve GNSS Positioning Accuracy

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2023

Pre-Feasibility Study of Carbon Sequestration Potential of Land Clearing Stumps Buried Underground

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2023

Self-Heating, Drying, and Dry Matter Losses of Stockpiled Stemwood Chips: The Effect of Ventilation

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2022

Extractives of Tree Biomass of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) for Biorefining in Four Climatic Regions in Finland—Lipophilic Compounds, Stilbenes, and Lignans

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2022

Forest chip drying in self-heating piles during storage as affected by temperature and relative humidity conditions

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2022

Performance of an Innovative Bio-Based Wood Chip Storage Pile Cover—Can It Replace Plastic Tarps?

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2022

Extractives of Stemwood and Sawmill Residues of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) for Biorefining in Four Climatic Regions in Finland—Phenolic and Resin Acid Compounds

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2021

Selection of a chipper technology for small-scale operations – a Finnish case

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2019

Analysis of energy efficiency of forest chip supply systems using discrete-event simulation

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2019

Improving the financial performance of solid forest fuel supply using a simple moisture and dry matter loss simulation and optimization

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2018

Weather based moisture content modelling of harvesting residues in the stand

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2018

Dry matter losses and their economic significance in forest energy procurement

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2018

Evaluation of delivery strategies for forest fuels applying a model for Weather-driven Analysis of Forest Fuel Systems (WAFFS)

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2017

Alternative operation models for using a feed-in terminal as a part of the forest chip supply system for a CHP plant

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2017

Assessing external factors on substitution of fossil fuel by biofuels: model perspective from the Nordic region

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2016

Validation of prediction models for estimating the moisture content of logging residues during storage

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2016

Ash content of wood pellets made from small Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris ) trees with bark

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2015

Fuel wood drying modelling - the European experience

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2015

Validation of prediction models for estimating the moisture content of small diameter stem wood

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2015