Energy and economic potential of maize straw used for biofuels production
The paper presents the energy and economic comparison of two technologies of maize straw utilization: solid biofuel production (briquettes) and methane fermentation. The research experiments have shown that maize straw is the material which can be efficiently implemented in both technologies. Maize...
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doaj-207894f8945243298405ada942c585622021-02-02T01:54:30ZengEDP SciencesMATEC Web of Conferences2261-236X2016-01-01600400810.1051/matecconf/20166004008matecconf_iccbs2016_04008Energy and economic potential of maize straw used for biofuels productionZbytek Zbyszek0Dach Jacek1Pawłowski Tadeusz2Smurzyńska Anna3Czekała Wojciech4Janczak Damian5Industrial Institute of Agricultural EngineeringInstitute of Biosystems Engineering, Poznan University of Life SciencesIndustrial Institute of Agricultural EngineeringInstitute of Biosystems Engineering, Poznan University of Life SciencesInstitute of Biosystems Engineering, Poznan University of Life SciencesInstitute of Biosystems Engineering, Poznan University of Life SciencesThe paper presents the energy and economic comparison of two technologies of maize straw utilization: solid biofuel production (briquettes) and methane fermentation. The research experiments have shown that maize straw is the material which can be efficiently implemented in both technologies. Maize straw usage as briquettes can generate more energy (10.956 GJ Mg−1) than methane fermentation (9.74). In Europe, biogas is used in co-generation units for production of electric and heat energy. Due to higher price of electricity, economic profitability of maize straw usage for biogas production is over twice higher (182 USD) than in case of briquettes production (96 USD).http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166004008 |
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Energy and economic potential of maize straw used for biofuels production |
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Energy and economic potential of maize straw used for biofuels production |
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The paper presents the energy and economic comparison of two technologies of maize straw utilization: solid biofuel production (briquettes) and methane fermentation. The research experiments have shown that maize straw is the material which can be efficiently implemented in both technologies. Maize straw usage as briquettes can generate more energy (10.956 GJ Mg−1) than methane fermentation (9.74). In Europe, biogas is used in co-generation units for production of electric and heat energy. Due to higher price of electricity, economic profitability of maize straw usage for biogas production is over twice higher (182 USD) than in case of briquettes production (96 USD). |
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