In order to improve qualitative traits of harvestable biomass and enhance its conversion into second generation biofuels (e.g. bioethanol), much attention should be paid to manage woody-energy plantations. This work represents an attempt to estimate chemical composition of biomass at stand level in poplar plantations. Based on the relationship between chemical traits of stem cross-sections and the corresponding distribution of diameter classes within the whole plantations, three different harvesting cycles were compared in terms of biomass yield and chemical composition. Under 2-year rotation, the stand showed the lower biomass annual yield (11.7 tDM ha1 y1) and the lower cellulose (42.5%) and the higher lignin (22%) proportion. On the contrary, under the 4-year cutting cycle, annual yield was not only higher (18.4 tDM ha1 y1), but the biomass also presented the highest cellulose (51.6%) and the lower lignin (19%) share. These results suggest that different management practices, including the cutting cycle, may affect not only yields but also qualitative traits of harvestable biomass of poplar short-rotation coppice.

Estimation of chemical traits in poplar short-rotation coppice at stand level / Werther Guidi, Cristiano Tozzini, Enrico Bonari. - In: BIOMASS & BIOENERGY. - ISSN 0961-9534. - ELETTRONICO. - 33:(2009), pp. 1703-1709. [10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.09.004]

Estimation of chemical traits in poplar short-rotation coppice at stand level

Werther Guidi
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2009

Abstract

In order to improve qualitative traits of harvestable biomass and enhance its conversion into second generation biofuels (e.g. bioethanol), much attention should be paid to manage woody-energy plantations. This work represents an attempt to estimate chemical composition of biomass at stand level in poplar plantations. Based on the relationship between chemical traits of stem cross-sections and the corresponding distribution of diameter classes within the whole plantations, three different harvesting cycles were compared in terms of biomass yield and chemical composition. Under 2-year rotation, the stand showed the lower biomass annual yield (11.7 tDM ha1 y1) and the lower cellulose (42.5%) and the higher lignin (22%) proportion. On the contrary, under the 4-year cutting cycle, annual yield was not only higher (18.4 tDM ha1 y1), but the biomass also presented the highest cellulose (51.6%) and the lower lignin (19%) share. These results suggest that different management practices, including the cutting cycle, may affect not only yields but also qualitative traits of harvestable biomass of poplar short-rotation coppice.
2009
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1703
1709
Werther Guidi, Cristiano Tozzini, Enrico Bonari
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