The agricultural compartment

In the combustible production from the biomass, the agricultural compartment has and it will have a more and more relevant role. This compartment, in fact, gives a great number of materials that are applicable for energy production (residual prod­ucts that are derived both from other cultivations and from specialist cultivations that are dedicated to the production of combustible biomass materials). The main products of the agricultural sector are [2]:

• wooden cultural residuals, which come from vineyard and orchard management;

• composite nature cultural residuals which come from cereals and sowable cultivations;

• lignocelluloses from woody and herbal dedicated cultures biomasses;

• culture products of the oil culture (sows, etc.) for the production of vegetable oils and bio-diesel;

• the products of the alcohol-producing cultures (tubercles, prills, etc.) for the production of bio-ethanol