TY  - JOUR
AU  - Perić, Milica
AU  - Antonijević, Dragi
AU  - Komatina, Mirko
AU  - Bugarski, Branko
AU  - Rakin, Marko
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4538
AB  - Two most common systems of forest biomass supply chains in Serbia are evaluated by using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach: 'cut-to-length' system with penduculate oak (CLO) on flat terrains with a tractor equipage, and 'tree-length' system with moesian beech (TLB) on more steep terrains, with a skidder. The main focus is put on the fuel consumption and its environmental impact on various stages of wood chips supply chain. Results indicate chipping as a most environmentally burdensome due to the low process productivity and high diesel combustion in outdated machines. CLO system exhibits lower environmental burden due to the 2%-35% lower impact in six out of eleven analysed impact categories compared to the TLB. The main reason is the skidding performed on a more steep terrain with a more powerful machine consuming more diesel than the tractor equipage. The higher impact of the felling operation in CLO system is caused by additional time for processing short oak assortments. The evaluated environmental impacts are consequence of the machinery old age used in Serbian forests. The application of a modern, energy efficient, combined machines such as harvesters and forwarders is recommended though it could have a lot of drawbacks.
PB  - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
T2  - Renewable Energy
T1  - Life cycle assessment of wood chips supply chain in Serbia
EP  - 1311
SP  - 1302
VL  - 155
DO  - 10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.026
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Perić, Milica and Antonijević, Dragi and Komatina, Mirko and Bugarski, Branko and Rakin, Marko",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Two most common systems of forest biomass supply chains in Serbia are evaluated by using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach: 'cut-to-length' system with penduculate oak (CLO) on flat terrains with a tractor equipage, and 'tree-length' system with moesian beech (TLB) on more steep terrains, with a skidder. The main focus is put on the fuel consumption and its environmental impact on various stages of wood chips supply chain. Results indicate chipping as a most environmentally burdensome due to the low process productivity and high diesel combustion in outdated machines. CLO system exhibits lower environmental burden due to the 2%-35% lower impact in six out of eleven analysed impact categories compared to the TLB. The main reason is the skidding performed on a more steep terrain with a more powerful machine consuming more diesel than the tractor equipage. The higher impact of the felling operation in CLO system is caused by additional time for processing short oak assortments. The evaluated environmental impacts are consequence of the machinery old age used in Serbian forests. The application of a modern, energy efficient, combined machines such as harvesters and forwarders is recommended though it could have a lot of drawbacks.",
publisher = "Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford",
journal = "Renewable Energy",
title = "Life cycle assessment of wood chips supply chain in Serbia",
pages = "1311-1302",
volume = "155",
doi = "10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.026"
}

Perić, M., Antonijević, D., Komatina, M., Bugarski, B.,& Rakin, M.. (2020). Life cycle assessment of wood chips supply chain in Serbia. in Renewable Energy
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 155, 1302-1311.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.026

Perić M, Antonijević D, Komatina M, Bugarski B, Rakin M. Life cycle assessment of wood chips supply chain in Serbia. in Renewable Energy. 2020;155:1302-1311.
doi:10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.026 .

Perić, Milica, Antonijević, Dragi, Komatina, Mirko, Bugarski, Branko, Rakin, Marko, "Life cycle assessment of wood chips supply chain in Serbia" in Renewable Energy, 155 (2020):1302-1311,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.026 . .