Financial & competing interests disclosure
K Singh is an Assistant Professor of Wood Science and Technology (Biofuels and Bioenergy) with the Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown (WV, USA). K Singh is Chair for T-11 Energy Committee of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. S Sokhansanj is a distinguished research scientist with the Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (TN, USA). S Sokhansaj is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Saskatchewan and an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada and he a former President of the Canadian Society for Bioengineers. J Dooley is the Chief Technology Officer of Forest Concepts, LLC (WA, USA) and former President of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
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