Dr. Carla Nati

Forest Mechanisation and Biomass Supply

National Research Council-Timber and Tree Institute, Italy

Email: nati@ivalsa.cnr.it

Qualifications

2000  Ph.D., Florence University, Italy

1995  M.Sc., Faculty of Viterbo University, Italy

Publications (Selected)

1. Warguła, Ł., Nati, C., Wieczorek, B., & Bembenek, M. (2025). The carbon dioxide emission balance and ability to chip wood by 10 kW machines used in urban areas in terms of increasing interest in using wood biomass resources for personal use. Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal, 19(4).
2. Warguła, Ł., Wieczorek, B., Giedrowicz, M., Kukla, M., & Nati, C. (2025). Wood Chippers: Influence of Feed Channel Geometry on Possibility of Musculoskeletal System Overload. Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering: Journal for Theory and Application of Forestry Engineering, 46(1), 59-76.
3. Picchi, G., Nati, C., Brilli, L., & Cinotti, A. (2024). Evaluation of the Effect of a Spray Coating Applied on Open-Air-Stored Woodchips. Resources, 13(4), 58.
4. Warguła, Ł., Wilczyński, D., Wieczorek, B., Palander, T., Gierz, L., Nati, C., & Sydor, M. (2023). Characterizing sawdust fractional composition from oak parquet woodworking for briquette and pellet production. Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal, 17(5).
5. Matese, A., Berton, A., Chiarello, V., Dainelli, R., Nati, C., Pastonchi, L., ... & Di Gennaro, S. F. (2021). Determination of riparian vegetation biomass from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Forests, 12(11), 1566.
6. Di Gennaro, S. F., Nati, C., Dainelli, R., Pastonchi, L., Berton, A., Toscano, P., & Matese, A. (2020). An automatic UAV based segmentation approach for pruning biomass estimation in irregularly spaced chestnut orchards. Forests, 11(3), 308.
7. Nati, C., Montorselli, N. B., & Olmi, R. (2018). Wood biomass recovery from chestnut orchards: Results from a case study. Agroforestry Systems, 92, 1129-1143.
8. Nati, C., Boschiero, M., Picchi, G., Mastrolonardo, G., Kelderer, M., & Zerbe, S. (2018). Energy performance of a new biomass harvester for recovery of orchard wood wastes as alternative to mulching. Renewable Energy, 124, 121-128.
9. Boschiero, M., Cherubini, F., Nati, C., & Zerbe, S. (2016). Life cycle assessment of bioenergy production from orchards woody residues in Northern Italy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 112, 2569-2580.
10. Nati, C., Magagnotti, N., & Spinelli, R. (2015). The improvement of hog fuel by removing fines, using a trommel screen. Biomass and Bioenergy, 75, 155-160.
11. Mastrolonardo, G., & Nati, C. (2014). Utilizzo agronomico delle ceneri da biomassa. MONDO MACCHINA, 10, 128-132.
12. Nati, C., Eliasson, L., & Spinelli, R. (2014). Effect of chipper type, biomass type and blade wear on productivity, fuel consumption and product quality. Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering: Journal for Theory and Application of Forestry Engineering, 35(1), 1-7.
13. Spinelli, R., Nati, C., Pari, L., Mescalchin, E., & Magagnotti, N. (2012). Production and quality of biomass fuels from mechanized collection and processing of vineyard pruning residues. Applied Energy, 89(1), 374-379.
14. Spinelli, R., Magagnotti, N., Nati, C., Pari, L., & Vanneste, J. L. (2012). Recovering kiwifruit pruning residues for biomass production. Transactions of the ASABE, 55(1), 21-28.
15. Magagnotti, N., Nati, C., Pari, L., Spinelli, R., & Visser, R. (2011). Assessing the cost of stump-site debarking in eucalypt plantations. Biosystems engineering, 110(4), 443-449.

Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: AAW-5588-2020

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