Trends and perspectives in the design of mobile wood chippers

R Spinelli, E Marchi - Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering: Journal …, 2021 - hrcak.srce.hr
Mobile wood chippers represent a mature technology now available in a wide range of sizes
and configurations. Different types exist, but the most widespread are disc and drum …

The state of the art in woody biomass comminution and sorting in Northern Europe

G Eriksson, D Bergström, T Nordfjell - International Journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This review provides a survey of the literature on methods for comminuting and sorting
woody biomass. The reported methods were classified according to their basic operating …

Analysing the effect of five operational factors on forest residue supply chain costs: A case study in Western Australia

MR Ghaffariyan, M Acuna, M Brown - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2013 - Elsevier
In Australia the use of forest biomass has been developing in recent years and initial efforts
are built on adopting and trialling imported European technology. Using a linear …

Managing chipper knife wear to increase chip quality and reduce chipping cost

R Spinelli, S Glushkov, I Markov - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2014 - Elsevier
Wood biomass is turned into industrial fuel through chipping. The efficiency of chipping
depends on many factors, including chipper knife wear. Chipper knife wear was determined …

Use of participatory processes in wood residue management from a circular bioeconomy perspective: An approach adopted in Italy

A Paletto, C Becagli, F Geri, S Sacchelli, I De Meo - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The circular bioeconomy is aimed at achieving sustainable development through high
efficiency utilization and resource recycling, and through combining environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the efficiency of drum and disc chippers

R Spinelli, E Cavallo, L Eliasson, A Facello - Silva Fennica, 2013 - silvafennica.fi
The study compared the effect of chipper type on productivity, power demand, fuel
consumption and product quality. Tests were conducted on two commercial chipper models …

Harvesting techniques for non-industrial biomass plantations

R Spinelli, J Schweier, F De Francesco - Biosystems engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
Two harvesting systems especially designed for non-industrial short-rotation forestry (SRF)
plantations on farmland were evaluated. Both systems were based on versatile forest …

Determining long-term chipper usage, productivity and fuel consumption

R Spinelli, N Magagnotti - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2014 - Elsevier
The Authors surveyed 6 industrial chipping operations for a whole work year, collecting data
about machine usage, product output, fuel consumption and chipper knife wear. Despite the …

Effect of chipper type, biomass type and blade wear on productivity, fuel consumption and product quality

C Nati, L Eliasson, R Spinelli - … : Journal for Theory and Application of …, 2014 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The study determined the time consumption, fuel consumption and chip size
obtained with two different industrial chippers, working with logging residues (tops and …

Exposure to noise in wood chipping operations under the conditions of agro-forestry

A Poje, R Spinelli, N Magagnotti, M Mihelic - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
An increasing number of agricultural contractors are getting into industrial wood chipping,
following the rapid expansion of fiber farms on ex-arable land. Wood chippers are noisy …