Quality of eucalyptus wood chips for bioenergy as a function of drying time and horizontal chipper settings.

ABSTRACT: The increase in the use of energy from forest biomass has increased the demand for knowledge about tree-chipping operations. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of different drying times of wood logs and various combinations of knife and anvil configurations in the horizontal chipper on the quality of Eucalyptus dunnii chips produced for energy purposes. The study was conducted in a seven-year-old stand of E. dunnii. A horizontal chipper was used to chip whole trees and obtain nine types of chips, resulting from the interaction between the three drying times of the trees and three configurations of the horizontal chipper. The chips were characterized, followed by an evaluation of energy quality for comparison between the treatments. Among the outcomes discerned

SUBMITTER: Nogueira DFB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900938 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature