Cynara cardunculus exploitation for energy applications : development of a combine head for theshing and concurrent residues collecting and utilization
Contributo in Atti di convegno
Data di Pubblicazione:
2008
Citazione:
Cynara cardunculus exploitation for energy applications : development of a combine head for theshing and concurrent residues collecting and utilization / L. Pari, M. Fedrizzi, F. Gallucci - In: 16TH European Biomass Conference & ExhibitionDisco ottico. - Valencia : null, 2008. - pp. 504-508 (( Intervento presentato al 16. convegno European Biomass Conference & Exhibition tenutosi a Valencia, Spain nel 2008.
Abstract:
The CRA-ING took part to the Cynara cardunculus harvesting tests organized in Spain in 2007, where UPM has experimental cultivations in the Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA) de la Consejería de Economía y Innovación Tecnológica de la Comunidad de Madrid in El Encìn, near
Alcalà De Henarez. The harvesting tests were carried out in week 33 (August 13th-17th); the cultivation was found
part in good condition of maturity, part still not ready for harvesting. The project concept, supplied to a firm that already
builds heads for maize, wheat, sunflower, soybean and so on, included the upper devices of a maize head and a
classic wheat head (without the paddle wheel) in the lower part, to obtain capitula detachment and effective threshing
and, at the same time, the stalk cut. The basic concept of the machine, to separate and thresh the capitula and to drop
in windrow the biomass and then pick it up with a baler with a minimum soil presence, was proved to be feasible. The effective working capacity was good, so the costs should be sustainable.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
Cynara Cardunculus ; energy crop ; separate harvest
Elenco autori:
L. Pari, M. Fedrizzi, F. Gallucci
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Titolo del libro:
16TH European Biomass Conference & Exhibition