Title:
The Harvest of Windrowed Five-years Old Poplar by a New Self-Propelled Chipper
Author(s):
Pari, L., Civitarese, V., Del Giudice, A., Santangelo, E.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
Generally, the chipping of five years old poplar plantations is carried out in a "static phase". Here the product is taken from piles made earlier by using a hydraulic arm having a gripper that feed the chipping machine. The Engineering Unit of the Agricultural Research Council (CRA-ING) of Monterotondo (Rome, Italy) has developed a self-propelled chipper capable to work in a "dynamic phase", collecting with pick up heads the windrowed biomass and processing it autonomously. Previously, the biomass was cut and arranged in windrows by using a prototype of cut windrower. The machine demonstrated a good functionality in all phases of work (harvest, -1 -1 conveying, and chipping) with an operative working capacity equal to 0.20 ha hand an hourly operative of 38 t h. The chipper is capable to chip trees with a maximum diameter of 380 mm.
Keywords:
energy crops, harvesting, poplar, short rotation forestry (SRF), chips
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Short rotation forestry and short rotation coppice
Event:
20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1CV.3.2
Pages:
387 - 390
ISBN:
978-88-89407-54-7
Paper DOI:
10.5071/20thEUBCE2012-1CV.3.2
Price:
FREE
