Wood quality of 10 clonal progenies of rubber tree as raw material for bioenergy

Autor: Erick Phelipe Amorim, Eduardo Luiz Longui, Miguel Luiz Menezes Freitas, Fábio Minoru Yamaji, Francides Gomes da Silva Júnior, Marcela Aparecida de Moraes Silvestre, José Cambuim, Mario Luiz Teixeira de Moraes, Paulo de Souza Gonçalves
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología, Vol 25 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0718-221x
0717-3644
0718-221X
DOI: 10.4067/s0718-221x2023000100428
Popis: The use of wood as a bioenergetic source requires knowledge of its technical properties. The rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis has an economic life cycle of 25 to 30 years in Brazil. It is used for extracting rubber and generating residual wood for fuel. Our goal was to characterize the wood quality of 10 clonal progenies as a source of raw material for bioenergy. Ten clonal progenies of 12-year-old Hevea brasiliensis from an experimental planting in Selvíria municipality were evaluated. Three trees per clone were evaluated for individual properties of Higher Heating Value, immediate chemical analysis, chemical composition, fiber dimensions, thermogravimetric analysis of wood under nitrogen atmosphere and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrosocopy analysis. We highlight clone IAC 311 for fuel because it presents elevated Higher Heating Value and fixed carbon and less volatile material. However, the other genetic materials studied also meet the specifications for energy use and can be highly viable given their physical, chemical, energy, and thermal properties.
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