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We are indebted to the CESEFOR Foundation for the Promotion of Forestry and Forest Industry in Castilla y Leon Region (Spain), that funded that applied research and coordinated the field experiences. Also the Forest Regional Service from Castilla y Leon Region supported the research.

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Recovering of forest biomass from Spanish hybrid poplar plantations

Publicated to:Biomass & Bioenergy. 35 (7): 2570-2580 - 2011-07-01 35(7), doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.02.007

Tolosana, Eduardo; Laina, Ruben; Ambrosio, Yolanda;

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Summary: Residues recovering from traditional poplar plantations for timber production are a potential relevant biomass source in Spain and other temperate countries. Three different residual biomass harvesting systems have been work-studied in order to characterize the work methods and analyze their productivity and cost. Two were oriented to branches, top and/or energy wood collection, chipping and transport using different work methods, while the other one consisted of after-logging stumps removal and shredding. Different sized and powered chippers worked in the two first cases, besides different farm tractors with trailers for off-road chips transport. Also the trucks and the loading machines were different. In the third site, a backhoe excavator removed the stumps, and a bucket loader collected them to be grinded by a shredding machine. Productivity and cost have been analyzed using IUFRO standards, providing average figures and, when possible, predictive productivity equations. Most capital-intensive equipment option has shown to be most productive, but less investment requiring system is cheaper and may be most interesting for some enterprise and plantation sizes. In addition, logistics of biomass and timber supply has been analyzed, and some indications about equipment sizing, machine annual production and relocation costs related to supply area and average plantation size are provided. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Harvesting techniques; Logistics; Populus; Residual forest biomass; Spain; Work study

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El trabajo ha sido publicado en la revista Biomass & Bioenergy debido a la progresión y el buen impacto que ha alcanzado en los últimos años, según la agencia WoS, se ha convertido en una referencia en su campo. En el año de publicación del trabajo, 2011, se encontraba en la posición 13/81, consiguiendo con ello situarse como revista Q1 (Primer Cuartil), en la categoría Energy & Fuels.

Este trabajo ha sido citado 23 veces en WoS y 25 en Scopus.

Desde una perspectiva relativa, los impactos Normalizados conseguidos por la acumulación de citas arroja valores como: 25.00 (FWCI, Scopus), lo que indica que de manera comparada con trabajos en la misma disciplina y en el mismo año de publicación los ubica como trabajos citados por encima de la media.

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