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Waste Wood Biomass Arising from Pruning of Urban Green in Viterbo Town: Energy Characterization and Potential Uses

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2013 (ICCSA 2013)

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The use of residual biomass arising from urban green pruning for energy production is a current and interesting subject for three main reasons: to achieve the aims of the Kyoto Protocol, to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels and to manage the urban green in a sustainable way.

The aim of this study is a qualitative and quantitative analysis of waste wood biomass from urban green pruning in Viterbo in order to use it for energy production. Moisture, ash, C, H, N contents and Calorific Value analysis are carried out. Starting from the results analysis, two energy uses are proposed: wood-chips boiler and gasification.

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  1. DAFNE, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

    Maurizio Carlini & Silvia Cocchi

  2. CIRDER, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

    Sonia Castellucci

  3. Food and Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture, Rome, Italy

    Alberto Manzo

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Carlini, M., Castellucci, S., Cocchi, S., Manzo, A. (2013). Waste Wood Biomass Arising from Pruning of Urban Green in Viterbo Town: Energy Characterization and Potential Uses. In: Murgante, B., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2013. ICCSA 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7972. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39643-4_19

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