Title:
Harvest Lines for Short Rotation Coppices (Src) in Agriculture and Agroforestry: Current Status and New Solutions
Author(s):
Pecenka, R., Ehlert, D., Lenz, H.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
Cropping short rotation coppices (SRC) such as poplar and willow may provide a secure source of income for European farmers, provided that production technologies, logistic chains and end user facilities are well designed in farmers’ regional structures. One of the key problems at present is the lack of knowledge and powerful but also inexpensive harvest machinery at practice. Analyzing the process chain for SRC, chip lines seem to be most cost-efficient for harvest, and the modification of forage harvesters is a promising option. But the high machine weight of forage harvesters is a serious disadvantage for harvest in winter. Furthermore, for economic operation of these expensive harvest systems cultivation areas of more than 300 ha are required. Therefore, ATB has developed a simple and low weight tractor-mounted mower-chipper for medium sized standard tractors. The chipper is designed for flexible harvest of wood from SRC and Agroforestry (max. stem diameter 15 cm). The total weight of the harvester (tractor and chipper) is less than 50 % of the forage harvester combination resulting in much more flexible field operation and lower harvest costs. The machine has been successfully tested in the last two harvest seasons together with the manufacturer JENZ (Germany).
Keywords:
harvesting, poplar, short rotation coppice (SRC), willow, wood chips
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Short rotation forestry and short rotation coppice
Event:
22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1DO.1.3
Pages:
122 - 127
ISBN:
978-88-89407-52-3
Paper DOI:
10.5071/22ndEUBCE2014-1DO.1.3
Price:
FREE
