Open AccessDense poplar plantations as the raw material for the production of energy
Author(s) -
Bojana Klašnja,
Saša Orlović,
Zoran Galić,
Predrag Pap,
Marina Katanić
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
glasnik šumarskog fakulteta - univerzitet u beogradu/glasnik šumarskog fakulteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2217-8600
pISSN - 0353-4537
DOI - 10.2298/gsf0694159k
Subject(s) - biomass (ecology) , raw material , bark (sound) , heat of combustion , volume (thermodynamics) , bulk density , water content , short rotation forestry , horticulture , woody plant , botany , energy density , environmental science , pulp and paper industry , agronomy , combustion , materials science , biology , chemistry , soil water , soil science , ecology , coppicing , physics , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , theoretical physics , engineering
The higher heating value of wood and bark was determined for several poplar (Populus spp) clones. The study included the juvenile one year old plants of the following clones: P.×euramericana cl. ostia, P. nigra cl.53/86, P. deltoides cl. PE 19/66, P.×euramericana cl. I-214, P. deltoides cl. S6-7 and P.×euramericana cv. robusta. By using FVI which takes into account ash content, wood bulk density, and moisture content, it was determined that poplar wood can be a significant energy raw material, primarily thanks to its short rotation cycle and a very high wood volume increment. Significant differences were determined in the values of wood basic density which affect the higher heating value of the study poplar clones, and consequently the yield (weight) of biomass produced per unit area of dense plantations. This is reflected also on the estimated amount of energy that can be produced by the combustion of biomass of the whole one year old plants