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Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft
Fuel Quality Changes and Dry Matter Losses during the Storage of Wood Chips
49th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization
Nicolas Hofmann (LWF), Theresa Mendel (TFZ), Fabian Schulmeyer (LWF), Dr. Daniel Kuptz (TFZ), Dr. Herbert Borchert (LWF), Dr. Hans Hartmann (TFZ)
Warsaw, September 7, 2016
Part 1: Field Trials to Examine the Storage of Wood Chips under Practical Conditions
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Joint research project
Bavarian State Institute of Forestry (LWF)
Technology and Support Centre (TFZ)
Funding
Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Cooperation
Bavarian State Forest Enterprise
several forest service companies
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Research Project Quality Preserving Storage of Wood Chips from Forests
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Introduction/Aims
almost 5 million lcm of wood chips from forests in Bavaria each year
important role of storage
dry matter losses
energy losses
impact of storage on fuel quality
moisture content, ash content (d), heating value (d)
consideration of Bavarian conditions
type of wood (Norway spruce, Picea abies)
climate
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Experimental Setup
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2 experiments (winter + summer)
4 chip piles of 200 lcm (mainly spruce)
forest residues (FR)/energy roundwood (ER)
uncovered/covered (fleece)
unchipped piles from FR and ER
sampling with balance bags (144 per pile)
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balance bag for sampling T. Mendel
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Experimental Setup
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Experimental Setup
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Results: Initial Fine and Moisture Content
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Winter Summer
Fine content (w-%)* 24.9 (±8.7) 15.1 (±1.8)
Moisture content (w-%)
51.1 (±0.6) open
50.7 (±0.7) fleece
50.4 (±0.7) open
56.8 (±0.5) fleece
Winter Summer
10.0 (±2.2) 7,5 (±2.4)
56.6 (±0.8) open
55.1 (±1.2) fleece
47.9 (±0.5) open
53.2 (±1.0) fleece
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*mixed samples uncovered/covered pile
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Results: Temperature
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Precipitation: Winter 2014/15: 234 mm Summer 2015: 244 mm
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Results: Moisture, Dry Matter and Ash
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Winter trial Summer trial
FRC no fleece
FRC fleece
ERC no fleece
ERC fleece
FRC no fleece
FRC fleece
ERC no fleece
ERC fleece
Moisture content before storage (w-%)
51.1 (±0.6)
50.7 (±0.7)
56.6 (±0.8)
55.1 (±1.2)
50.4 (±0.7)
56.8 (±0.5)
47.9 (±0.5)
53.2 (±1.0)
Moisture content after 5 months of storage (w-%)
52.7 (±5.0)
36.9 (±0.8)
58.7 (±0.7)
52.8 (±0.5)
34.1 (±2.8)
34.2 (±0.8)
36.5 (±1.6)
31.0 (±0.5)
Dry matter losses after 5 months of storage (w-%)
7.8 (±0.1)
8.0 (±0.1)
3.4 (±0.6)
4.2 (±0.2)
7.0 (±1.4)
11.1 (±1.1)
6.8 (±0.3)
6.9 (±0.4)
Change in ash content after 5 months of storage (w-%, abs., d)
0.60 -0.04 0.19 0.16 0.23 0.26 0.05 -0.03
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Results: Influence of Factors on Moisture Content
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Factors Deg. of
Freedom MS F p
Partial eta-
squared
Season 1 1432.76 517.67 0.0000 0.89
Storage duration 3 251.34 90.81 0.0000 0.81
Assortment 1 555.73 200.79 0.0000 0.76
Fleece 1 416.28 150.41 0.0000 0.70 effe
ct s
ize
summer stronger drying than winter
longer storage duration stronger drying
FRC dried stronger than ERC
with fleece stronger drying than without
highest decrease in MC: -22.6 w-%. (summer, 5 months of storage, FRC, fleece)
final absolute MC around 35 w-% in summer
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Results: Influence of Factors on Dry Matter Losses
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Factors Deg. of
Freedom MS F p
Partial eta-
squared
Storage duration 3 143.54 187.64 0.0000 0.90
Assortment 1 286.83 374.95 0.0000 0.85
Season 1 19.10 24.96 0.0000 0.28
Fleece 1 8.18 10.69 0.0017 0.14
longer storage duration higher loss
FRC decomposed stronger than ERC
summer higher loss than winter
with fleece higher loss than without
highest loss: 11.1 w-% (summer, 5 months of storage, FRC, fleece)
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ct s
ize
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Results: Usable Energy Content
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Winter 2014/15 Summer 2015
change in usable energy content primarily influenced by dry matter loss and moisture content change, net calorific value (on dry basis) changed only marginally
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Results: Unchipped Storage (21/22 weeks)
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Winter trial Summer trial
Parameter Forest residues Energy roundwood Forest residues Energy
roundwood*
Moisture content before storage (w-%)
49.2 (±2.0) [n = 44]
52.7 (±4.3) [n = 41]
52.5 (±3.0) [n = 35]
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Moisture content after storage (w-%)
48.7 (±2.5) [n = 10]
47.2 (±2.2) [n = 24]
39.5 (±2.2) [n = 9]
24.2 (±0.5) [n = 19]
Dry matter loss (w-%), decomp.
2.5 0.1 6.6 -
Trickling-loss (w-%)
4.6 0.2 5.2 -
Total dry matter loss (w-%)
7.1 0.3 11.8 -
Change in usable energy content (%)
-6.7 2.6 -5.8 -
Change in ash content (%)
-2.5 -0.3 -0.5 -
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Conclusion
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self-heating is higher in FRC than in ERC
change in moisture content and dry matter loss are significantly dependent on storage duration, season, assortment and rain protection (fleece)
in winter only little loss of usable energy, except for uncovered FRC
in summer even slight increase of usable energy content possible
ash content and net calorific value (on dry basis) only change marginally during storage of wood chips
storage of unchipped wood in regard to energy content mainly recommendable for energy roundwood; however, significant decrease in ash and fine content during storage of unchipped forest residues possible
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Thank you for your attention!
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