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Wood Chipping Machine for mountain territories in Emilia Romagna and pyrogasification of the chips

Description

small wood chipping machine for collecting wood biomass from mountain forests and their pyrolysis to obtain energy and biochar

Sector

A2.4Support services to forestry

Needs/ Problem statement

The accumulation of low economic value woody/shrub biomass in mountain areas poses a significant threat as it increases the risk of forest fires, obstructs mobility through wooded areas, and hinders the growth of undergrowth products like mushrooms and berries.

Objective

valorization of low-value woody forestry residues in mountain areas with a small-sized prototype chipper designed for mountainous forest terrains, for easy transport and storage. The project aims to establish a closed-loop supply chain for energy valorization, where the biomass will be converted into thermal energy, electricity, and biochar.

Bioeconomy fields

Crop residues and perennial plantsx

Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull

Algae biomassnull

Waste or recycled materialx

Microbial assisted processingnull

Biorefineries x

Feedstock

Biomass residues

Outcomes and final product

Biochar

Mobility

Mobile

Value chains

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Significant arisings of feedstocks available currently.

C Sink

1
2
3

3 - High potential - strong potential for carbon sequestration at the feedstock and product level).

Intended user

Forester

Complexity of the process

1
2
3

2 -easy to use /replicate

Final user

Farmernull

Foresterx

Researchernull

Advisornull

NGOnull

Training organizationnull

Processor or retailernull

Consumernull

Public Authority + LAGnull

Othernull

Economic sustainability

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Expected to bring at least 3 significant economic benefits.

Social sustainability

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Expected to bring at least 3 significant social benefits.

Environmental sustainability

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Expected to bring at least 3 significant environmental benefits.

Added value

Very low
Low
Intermediate
High
Very high

Energy & Heat = Very low

Equipment maintenance costs (€/year)

2,000

Investment cost (€)

185,000

Operational costs (€)

2,000/y

Return of investment (€)

null

Return of investment (Year)

10

Coherence with BBioNets

1
2
3

3-green

Country

IT

Official website

https://marcoerrani.wixsite.com/website-1/clean-er

OG Region

ITH5Emilia-Romagna

Geographic Scope

Local

Focus Area

FA 5E: Fostering carbon conservation and sequestration in agriculture and forestry

Key words

Circular economy, incl. waste, by-products and residues

Main source of funding

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

Period

2019-2023

Duration (months)

36

Number of partners by type

Farmer:

1

Forester:

null

Advisor:

null

Researcher:

2

NGO:

null

Processor or retailer:

1

Training orgaznization:

null

Consumer:

null

Public Authority:

null

Other:

4

Status

Completed

TRL

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

TRL 7 – system prototype demonstration in operational environment

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