Date: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Time: 13:45 - 14:45 CEST
Session code 4DV.6
Biomass pre-treatment, combustion and production of intermediates
Energy Catacterization of Almound Wood and Husk in New Orchard Characterized by Specific Training System: Some Insigh in Italy
Short Introductive summary
Biomass resources are potentially one of the largest and most sustainable energy sources in the world. Bioenergy can play a vital role in meeting the global demand profiles in energy sectors. In this framework, almond cultivation generates several million tons of residue that include hulls, shells, leaves and pruning which are valuable feedstocks in clean energy production. The combination of pruning and harvested husks can, if directed towards a correct transformation chain, represent a useful opportunity for almond growers. The analyzes carried out will also evaluate the possibility of gasifying and obtaining biochar for agronomic use. The machines necessary for biomass collection, apart from the separator already evaluated by CREA, can be borrowed from other supply chains for which no investments are required.
Presenter
Alberto ASSIRELLI
CREA - Research Center for Engineering & Agro-Food Processing
Presenter's biography
Dr. Alberto Assirelli has a PhD in Agricultural Engineering in 1997 and start working in the Department of Economics and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Bologna, continuing his works in other public and private research centers. Researcher in the Agricultural Engineering Unit (CREA-ING) of the Agricultural Research and Experimental Council (CREA), in Monterotondo (Roma). Author of more than 400 publications in the fields of agricultural mechanization with particular reference to the development and testing of new machinery for food, feed and energy crops.
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Co-authors:
N. Palmieri, CREA-IT, Monterotondo, ITALY
M. Salerno, CREA-IT, Monterotondo, ITALY
A. Palma, CREA-IT, Monterotondo, ITALY
B. Vincenti, CREA-IT, Monterotondo, ITALY
E. Paris, CREA-IT, Monterotondo, ITALY
M. Carnevale, CREA-IT, Monterotondo, ITALY
F. Gallucci, CREA-IT, Monterotondo, ITALY
Session reference: 4DV.6.18