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Changes of particle size classification of wood chips according to the new standard rules for domestic use

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In 2014, the European standards of solid biofuel classification have been replaced by the International ISO standards. Considering wood chips, the main change concerns the definition of particle size distribution classes. This change in the quality, as a consequence of the new standard rules, has been quantified using 206 wood chips samples. The results show an improved classification of particle size distribution of woodchips with a reduction of not classified samples from 40 to 14% and an increase in samples belonging to the dimensionally smaller particle size classes.

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Some activities in this study were funded by the Italian Ministry of University and scientific research (MIUR), as part of the project “Ambi.tec.Fil.Legno” (PON03PE_00024_1) and by the project AGROENER (D.D. n. 26329) funded by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture (MiPAAF).

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  1. Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, Università degli Studi di Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020, Legnaro, Italy

    Michela Zanetti, Rosa Greco & Raffaele Cavalli

  2. Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA), Centro di ricerca per l’Ingegneria e le Trasformazioni agro-alimentari (CREA-IT), Via della Pascolare 16, Monterotondo Scalo, 00015, Rome, Italy

    Corrado Costa

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Zanetti, M., Greco, R., Costa, C. et al. Changes of particle size classification of wood chips according to the new standard rules for domestic use. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 76, 805–807 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-017-1254-z

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