Title:
Influence of Tree Parts on Energetic Requirement of a Commercial Chipper
Author(s):
Civitarese, V., Pari, L., Assirelli, A., Santangelo, E., Spinelli, R., Fanigliulo, R., Pochi, D.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
Productivity and fuel consumption of a chipper are strongly related to piece size. In order to determine the effect of piece size and tree part on machine performance, a commercial drum chipper was fed alternately with poplar stems and poplar tops. Chipping stems required most of the available power (207 kW) delivered by the tractor, whereas chipping tops took about half that much. However, productivity was twice as large with stems, compared to tops (i.e. 25 and 11 oven dry tonnes per hour, respectively). As a consequence, specific fuel consumption per unit product was 15% lower with stems, compared to tops.
Keywords:
biomass, energy, forestry, harvesting, wood
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Short rotation forestry and short rotation coppice
Event:
22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1CV.4.39
Pages:
315 - 317
ISBN:
978-88-89407-52-3
Paper DOI:
10.5071/22ndEUBCE2014-1CV.4.39
Price:
FREE
