000075469 001__ 75469 000075469 005__ 20200117221613.0 000075469 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.5071/26thEUBCE2018-1BO.1.1 000075469 0248_ $$2sideral$$a108164 000075469 037__ $$aART-2018-108164 000075469 041__ $$aeng 000075469 100__ $$aPari, L. 000075469 245__ $$aBest available technologies for pruning harvesting 000075469 260__ $$c2018 000075469 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000075469 5203_ $$aFarmers consider pruning (branches and shoots of the fruit trees) a problem rather than an opportunity and, hence, it is unused or disposed incorrectly. However, the formulation of more strict regulations for the handling of the pruning in most European countries led to a renewed interest in pruning recovery. The harvesting stage represents a key point that influences the product quality, the type of logistic chain and the economic sustainability of the pruning supply chain and, over the years, many machine manufacturers invested in the development of dedicated implements for collecting pruning residue. Equipment able to facilitate the harvest and processing of agricultural pruning are already available in the market and many machinery builders propose different models to be adapt to various harvesting logistic chains. The purpose of this study is to provide a thorough overview of technologies available to harvest pruning, from the more basic equipment until the most integrated approach. A review of the studies available in literature for each technologies and the performance of the main European pruning harvesting machine tested have been reported. Chipper, shredder, baler and integrated pruning technologies have been described and pros and cons have been discussed. The choice of the best technology should be made on a case-by-case basis because the economic viability of recovering orchard prunings depends on how the costs of the residue are managed as well as on how the benefits are redistributed between orchard owners, harvesting contractors and biomass users. The pruning supply chain is a complex process that also involve transport, storage, handling and pretreatment. However, harvesting prunings plays a pivotal role in building a sustainable and profitable collateral production and hence it needs to be define correctly. 000075469 536__ $$9This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 727961-AGROinLOG$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/727961/EU/Demonstration of innovative integrated biomass logistics centres for the Agro-industry sector in Europe/AGROinLOG 000075469 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000075469 592__ $$a0.138$$b2018 000075469 593__ $$aComputer Networks and Communications$$c2018 000075469 593__ $$aEngineering (miscellaneous)$$c2018 000075469 593__ $$aComputer Science Applications$$c2018 000075469 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000075469 700__ $$aSuardi, A. 000075469 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5356-0288$$aGarcía-Galindo, D. 000075469 700__ $$aBergonzoli, S. 000075469 700__ $$aAlfano, V. 000075469 700__ $$aScarfone, A. 000075469 773__ $$g2018, 26thEUBCE (2018), 55-63$$pEuropean biomass conf. exhib. proc.$$tEuropean biomass conference and exhibition proceedings$$x2282-5819 000075469 8564_ $$s792904$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/75469/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000075469 8564_ $$s131164$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/75469/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000075469 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:75469$$particulos$$pdriver 000075469 951__ $$a2020-01-17-21:49:29 000075469 980__ $$aARTICLE