RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Burg, Patrik
A1 Mašán, Vladimír
A1 Dušek, Martin
A1 Zemánek, Pavel
A1 Rutkowski, Kazimierz
T1 Review of energy potential of the wood biomass of orchards and vineyards in the Czech Republic
JF Research in Agricultural Engineering
YR 2017
VO 63
IS 10
SP S1
OP S7
DO 10.17221/30/2017-RAE
UL https://rae.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/rae-201710-0001.php
AB The most important sources of biomass energy are currently coming from agricultural activity. A sizeable portion in production areas is waste wood after the winter cut of orchards and vineyards, which cover areas exceeding 30,000 ha in the Czech Republic. The most important are species like apples, peaches, apricots, plums, sweet cherries, sour cherries and grapevines. Average production of wood mass for individual species of fruit trees and grapevines ranges from 1,540 kg/ha up to 6,762 kg/ha, i.e. 1.5 t/ha to 6.8 t/ha. The calorific value for these species ranges from 14.70 to 16.39 MJ/kg, with moisture between 6 and 8%. The results show that the total measured energy potential of the fruit species-cultivated areas is 1,469.7 TJ for the whole Czech Republic.