Wood Chip Production Efficiency Depending on Chipper Type
Solid biofuels, including wood chips, are still the most important feedstock in the structure of primary energy production from renewable energy sources. Wood chips are derived mainly from forests and the wood industry, including sawmills. However, the considerable diversity of chipper types results...
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| description | Solid biofuels, including wood chips, are still the most important feedstock in the structure of primary energy production from renewable energy sources. Wood chips are derived mainly from forests and the wood industry, including sawmills. However, the considerable diversity of chipper types results in great differences in their final production efficiency. The objective of this study was to analyze and evaluate the efficiency of three mobile chippers used in wood chip production by determining their throughput rate, diesel fuel and energy consumption, cost of chipping and greenhouse gas emission, as well as the quality of the chips. By far shortest time (0.82 min. Mg<sup>−1</sup>) of producing 1 Mg of wood chips was found for the Albach 565 kW chipper. Moreover, the mean time needed for the production of 1 Mg of chips with a chipper of the same make but with a smaller engine (Albach 515 kW) was 8.8% longer. This time was 284.9% longer than when the Bruks chipper was used. However, the highest mean effectiveness of diesel fuel use (expressed as the lowest diesel fuel consumption of 1.41 dm<sup>3</sup> Mg<sup>−1</sup>), the lowest energy consumption (52.02 MJ Mg<sup>−1</sup>), the lowest cost of diesel fuel use (2.28 € Mg<sup>−1</sup>) and the lowest GHG emission (4.27 kg Mg<sup>−1</sup> CO<sub>2eq</sub>) in wood chip production were determined for the Albach 515 kW chipper. In contrast, the poorest parameters were determined for the Bruks chipper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ddce8e5212de4fe08e34839a55b247192023-11-18T16:27:25ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-06-011613489410.3390/en16134894Wood Chip Production Efficiency Depending on Chipper TypeJakub Stolarski0Sławomir Wierzbicki1Szymon Nitkiewicz2Mariusz Jerzy Stolarski3Department of Mechatronics, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 11, 10-719 Olsztyn, PolandDepartment of Mechatronics, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 11, 10-719 Olsztyn, PolandDepartment of Mechatronics, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 11, 10-719 Olsztyn, PolandDepartment of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Plac Łódzki 3, 10-719 Olsztyn, PolandSolid biofuels, including wood chips, are still the most important feedstock in the structure of primary energy production from renewable energy sources. Wood chips are derived mainly from forests and the wood industry, including sawmills. However, the considerable diversity of chipper types results in great differences in their final production efficiency. The objective of this study was to analyze and evaluate the efficiency of three mobile chippers used in wood chip production by determining their throughput rate, diesel fuel and energy consumption, cost of chipping and greenhouse gas emission, as well as the quality of the chips. By far shortest time (0.82 min. Mg<sup>−1</sup>) of producing 1 Mg of wood chips was found for the Albach 565 kW chipper. Moreover, the mean time needed for the production of 1 Mg of chips with a chipper of the same make but with a smaller engine (Albach 515 kW) was 8.8% longer. This time was 284.9% longer than when the Bruks chipper was used. However, the highest mean effectiveness of diesel fuel use (expressed as the lowest diesel fuel consumption of 1.41 dm<sup>3</sup> Mg<sup>−1</sup>), the lowest energy consumption (52.02 MJ Mg<sup>−1</sup>), the lowest cost of diesel fuel use (2.28 € Mg<sup>−1</sup>) and the lowest GHG emission (4.27 kg Mg<sup>−1</sup> CO<sub>2eq</sub>) in wood chip production were determined for the Albach 515 kW chipper. In contrast, the poorest parameters were determined for the Bruks chipper.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/13/4894Albach chipperBruks chipperwood chipspinewood chipschip production costsenergy consumption |
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| title | Wood Chip Production Efficiency Depending on Chipper Type |
| title_full | Wood Chip Production Efficiency Depending on Chipper Type |
| title_fullStr | Wood Chip Production Efficiency Depending on Chipper Type |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wood Chip Production Efficiency Depending on Chipper Type |
| title_short | Wood Chip Production Efficiency Depending on Chipper Type |
| title_sort | wood chip production efficiency depending on chipper type |
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