TY - JOUR
TI - Assessment of species and quantity of biomass in Serbia and guidelines of usage
AU - Brkić Miladin
AU - Janić Todor V
AU - Igić Saša M
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2012
VL - 16
IS - 11
SP - 79
EP - 86
PT - Article
AB - The motivation for this study is the disagreement of statistical and  literature data about potential quantities of biomass in Serbia. This  difference is mainly caused by changed status in practice due to several  reasons: changes in ownership caused by transition, different application of  technologies in practices, organization of work and economic reasons. The  main aim is to precisely establish sorts and amounts of organic biomass in  Serbia that can be transformed into heat and electricity. So far, data about  the quantities of biomass residues in agriculture, forestry and communal  services have been collected and published. Data collection methods are  different and generally based on statistical data. The paper explains in  detail methods of data collection and processing of crop production, fruit  growing and viticulture, livestock, forestry and communal services. On the  basis of precise data collection, it has been established that there are 26.3  million tons of biomass residue in Serbia every year. The total amount of  biomass is reduced by 20-30% in relation to the period of 10 and more years  ago. On the basis of the situation in agriculture and forest production in  Serbia, it is estimated that out of the total amount of biomass, some 30-40%  can be used for the production of heat energy, electricity and biofuel. The  remaining biomass can be used in order to increase soil fertility, as cattle  spread, for vegetable production, means for polishing in metal industry, for  insulation in civil engineering, in cosmetics industry, production of animal  feed, and so on.