Title:
A New Machine for Unloading Fresh Biomass from Silo-Bags
Author(s):
Assirelli, A., Caracciolo, G., Quacquarelli, I., Santangelo, E.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
The storage of cereal and other biomass in horizontal plastic bags is an innovative system for many European countries. Silo-bags are a good and well-known solution for dry grain storage but also an interesting solution for crop storage aiming at energy production. Inside the bags, preservation is attained without using thermal or insecticide treatments. In Italy, the proliferation of biogas energy plants has been very fast and, in few years, the number of plants has increased from ten to nearly nine hundred and the number is continuously increasing. Despite the new incentivized Italian mechanism allows the use of by-product, the silage still remains a preferred storage system for fresh biomass. Different commercial solutions are only available for loading grain and fresh matter, but the main problems concern the unloading of fresh matter, because physical aspects such as adhesion and plasticity of the stored product are an obstacle for spreading the silo-bag storage. The paper describes the developed and first test of extractor machine for wet biomass from silobag. The prototype was equipped with a system able to crumble and convey the biomass on a ground pile or a trailer/ truck and a device for the recovery of the empty bag.
Keywords:
biogas, biomass, energy crops, storage, feedstock, fiber sorghum
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Biomass Crops and Energy Grasses
Event:
25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1DV.2.24
Pages:
289 - 293
ISBN:
978-88-89407-17-2
Paper DOI:
10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-1DV.2.24
Price:
FREE
