TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of the potential of agricultural waste recovery
T2 - Energy densification as a factor for residual biomass logistics optimization
AU - Nunes, Leonel J.R.
AU - Matias, João C.O.
AU - Loureiro, Liliana M.E.F.
AU - Sá, Letícia C.R.
AU - Silva, Hugo F.C.
AU - Rodrigues, Abel M.
AU - Causer, Thomas P.
AU - Devallance, David B.
AU - Ciolkosz, Daniel E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This work was partially supported by the following entities: (L.J.R.N.) proMetheus– Research Unit on Energy, Materials and Environment for Sustainability-UIDP/05975/2020, funded by national funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia; (D.E.C.) USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Hatch Appropriations under Project #PEN04697 and Accession #1019212; (L.J.R.N., T.P.C., D.E.C.) US Northeast Sun Grant, and (J.C.O.M.) GOVCOPP-Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies—UID/CPO/04058/2019, funded by national funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia.
Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by the following entities: (L.J.R.N.) proMetheus? Research Unit on Energy, Materials and Environment for Sustainability-UIDP/05975/2020, funded by national funds through FCT?Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e Tecnologia; (D.E.C.) USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Hatch Appropriations under Project #PEN04697 and Accession #1019212; (L.J.R.N., T.P.C., D.E.C.) US Northeast Sun Grant, and (J.C.O.M.) GOVCOPP-Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies?UID/CPO/04058/2019, funded by national funds through FCT?Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e Tecnologia.
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PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - The use of residual forms of biomass, resulting from processes of transformation of the agri-food and/or forest industries, presents itself as an alternative with high potential for energy recovery, given the existing availability, both from the perspective of quantities, but also from the perspective of geographic distribution. In this work, samples of four by-products originating from the agri-food industry were collected, namely coconut shells, sugarcane bagasse, cashew nutshells, and palm kernel shells, which were characterized in the laboratory by determining their Thermogravimetric and Elemental analysis, subsequently calculating the High Heating Value, Low Heating Value, Hardgrove Grindability Index, Mass Yield, Energy Yield, and Energy Densification Ratio. The values obtained show the potential to optimize logistical operations related to transportation, demonstrating that energy densification operations, especially if associated with physical densification processes, enable the use of these residual forms of biomass in the replacement of fossil fuels, such as coal.
AB - The use of residual forms of biomass, resulting from processes of transformation of the agri-food and/or forest industries, presents itself as an alternative with high potential for energy recovery, given the existing availability, both from the perspective of quantities, but also from the perspective of geographic distribution. In this work, samples of four by-products originating from the agri-food industry were collected, namely coconut shells, sugarcane bagasse, cashew nutshells, and palm kernel shells, which were characterized in the laboratory by determining their Thermogravimetric and Elemental analysis, subsequently calculating the High Heating Value, Low Heating Value, Hardgrove Grindability Index, Mass Yield, Energy Yield, and Energy Densification Ratio. The values obtained show the potential to optimize logistical operations related to transportation, demonstrating that energy densification operations, especially if associated with physical densification processes, enable the use of these residual forms of biomass in the replacement of fossil fuels, such as coal.
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U2 - 10.3390/app11010020
DO - 10.3390/app11010020
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85098657739
SN - 2076-3417
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 23
JO - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
JF - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
IS - 1
M1 - 20
ER -