Title:
Effect of Different Knives on Particle Size Distribution of Peach Pruning
Author(s):
Pari, L., Scarfone, A., Del Giudice, A., Santangelo, E., Suardi, A.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
Agricultural pruning are an almost unexploited biomass resource, not utilized for energy purposes because of several constraints. With the objective to implement the chain of pruning recovery, the European Union has financed in 2013 a 3-years project called Europruning. The project required the construction of a machine designed to collectthe pruning in different field conditions and capable to produce chip size of adequate dimension. The machine, manufactured by the company ONG, was tested by CREA-ING in different plantations across Europe. As a specific size requirement of the biomass was needed, the constructor developed different types of chipping organs (knives) to be tested. This work aimed at testing in a peach plantation of Spain the different knives built in order to how they can affect the particle size distribution of the fuel.Results show that according to the type of knives used and the speed velocity of the feeding apparatus of the machine, the particle size of the biomass changed significantly, going closer or moving away from the required size as according to standard reference parameters.
Keywords:
particle size, pruning, harvest, knives, machine
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Biomass feedstock, residues and by-products
Event:
24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1BV.4.56
Pages:
246 - 248
ISBN:
978-88-89407-165
Paper DOI:
10.5071/24thEUBCE2016-1BV.4.56
Price:
FREE
