Title:
The Production of High-Density Briquettes from Wheat Chaff for Energy and Livestock Use
Author(s):
Calegari, F., Bisaglia, C., Assirelli, A., Corvi, G., Moschini, E., Piccioli Cappelli, F., Masoero, F.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
With a view to circular economy and environmental sustainability about the possible alternative uses of by-products from the cultivation of winter cereals, the chaff of soft wheat from an experimental plot located in the province of Lodi, Italy, was sent to a briquette pressing plant to assess the feasibility of producing high-density briquettes to make logistics more economical and provide farmers with a range of viable options. A prototype of chaff/straw separator applied as a retrofit to a commercial combine harvester with a conventional threshing apparatus was purpose designed and used. Energy and livestock alternative applications were identified and analyzed. The preliminary results were of interest: the density of the processed biomass was 4.4 times higher than that of the raw material suggesting good conditions of trasportability for medium-short range energy purposes, while from the point of view of their use as litter in cow barns cubicles, a slight preference of dairy cows over sawdust bedding was recorded.
Keywords:
agricultural residues, wheat, briquette, bioproducts, mechanization
Topic:
Biomass Conversion for Bioenergy
Subtopic:
Biomass pretreatment for solid fuels and production of intermediates
Event:
30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
4CV.1.18
Pages:
756 - 760
ISBN:
978-88-89407-22-6
Paper DOI:
10.5071/30thEUBCE2022-4CV.1.18
Price:
FREE
