Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 2355–2360 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews j ourna l h o mepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/rser Possibilities of application of waste wood biomass as an energy source in Vojvodina Siniˇ sa N. Dodi ´ c a,∗ , Tamara Zelenovi ´ c Vasiljevi ´ c b , Radenko M. Mari ´ c c , Aleksandar J. Radukin Kosanovi ´ c d , Jelena M. Dodi ´ c a , Stevan D. Popov a a Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Bul. cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia b JP Zavod za urbanizam Vojvodine, ˇ Zelezniˇ cka 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia c Fakultet poslovne ekonomije, Univerzitet Edukons, Vojvode Putnika bb, Sremska Kamenica, Vojvodina, Serbia d NVO “Kvantum”, Filipa Viˇ snji´ ca 29, 21000 Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 7 June 2011 Accepted 30 January 2012 Keywords: Vojvodina Waste wood biomass Energy a b s t r a c t The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province in Serbia, containing about 27% of its total population according to the 2002 Census. It is located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian plain. Fruska Gora is a lonely island mountain in the Pannonian plain. The research presented in this paper highlights the potential of significant contributing to waste wood biomass in the Park “Fruska Gora (Vojvodina, Serbia) and points to the possibility of using biomass for briquettes production—the final product that can be used for energy purposes. The amount of woody biomass per hectare can be calculated if the data about the average number of trees per hectare are known. For the analyzed case, the value found in 1 ha was 383.1 m 3 /ha or 272 ± 14 tons, and practically measured value was 402 m 3 /ha, or 289 tons. The relative deviation of calculated and obtained values of Canadian poplar wood biomass per hectare was 5.88%. Quantities of planned wood waste biomass can be used to produce high-quality briquettes for thermal energy generation purposes in the equivalent of 4.8 million kWh. The large energy potentials, in Vojvodina are still substantially unused, and besides of using waste wood from forestry, it is necessary to consider the sustainable use of available waste biomass from the timber industry. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2355 2. Renewable sources of energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2356 3. The concept and definition of biomass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2356 4. EU standards for briquettes and pellets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2357 5. Thermo-energetic properties of biomass in the National Park “Fruska Gora” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2357 6. Analysis of the available amount of waste wood biomass in the National Park “Fruska Gora” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2358 7. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2359 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2360 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2360 1. Introduction With industrialization of society, the energy needs are growing steadily. Given that the depots of non-renewable energy sources, primarily fossil fuels are limited and significantly exploited, the use of renewable energy sources is the only viable solution of energy problems of modern industrial society. ∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: dod@uns.ac.rs (S.N. Dodi ´ c). The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province in Serbia, containing about 27% of its total population according to the 2002 Census. It is located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian plain. In Vojvodina, evident is the problem of energy dependence with respect that the amounts of conventional energy sources are limited, but it is estimated that the energy potential of renewable energy sources, mainly biomass, is significant. Economy, especially agriculture and forestry represent significant consumers of energy, but also very important potential energy producers [1–3]. 1364-0321/$ – see front matter © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. 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