Harvesting Wood Residues for Energy Production from an Oak Coppice in Central Italy

Angelo Del Giudice (), Antonio Scarfone (), Enrico Paris, Francesco Gallucci and Enrico Santangelo
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Angelo Del Giudice: CREA Centro di Ricerca per L’ingegneria e Trasformazioni Agroalimentari, Via della Pascolare 16, Monterotondo, 00015 Rome, Italy
Antonio Scarfone: CREA Centro di Ricerca per L’ingegneria e Trasformazioni Agroalimentari, Via della Pascolare 16, Monterotondo, 00015 Rome, Italy
Enrico Paris: CREA Centro di Ricerca per L’ingegneria e Trasformazioni Agroalimentari, Via della Pascolare 16, Monterotondo, 00015 Rome, Italy
Francesco Gallucci: CREA Centro di Ricerca per L’ingegneria e Trasformazioni Agroalimentari, Via della Pascolare 16, Monterotondo, 00015 Rome, Italy
Enrico Santangelo: CREA Centro di Ricerca per L’ingegneria e Trasformazioni Agroalimentari, Via della Pascolare 16, Monterotondo, 00015 Rome, Italy

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 24, 1-13

Abstract: The sustainable management of coppice forests and the valorization of forest residues represent key activities for the development of wood for the energy supply chain. The present study focused on the quantification and the physical/energetic characterization of oak residues (branches and tops) obtained from a coppice stand in central Italy. The study also evaluated the performance of the technologies used for the harvest and chipping operation. The wood residues obtained were mainly tree branches and tops and accounted for 19.8% of the total biomass extracted from the forest. Taking into account the standards of wood chips for energy use, the material produced was included in the quality class B. Summarizing, the results obtained in this work indicated that opportune forest operations can provide a significant amount of wood residues (mainly branches and tops) from oak coppices in central Italy and that the derived material can reach medium commercial features, being exploitable in different bioenergy production scenarios.

Keywords: biomass; residues; mechanization; wood chips; branches and tops (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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