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Energy and economic potential of maize straw used for biofuels production

Authors :
Zbytek Zbyszek
Dach Jacek
Pawłowski Tadeusz
Smurzyńska Anna
Czekała Wojciech
Janczak Damian
Source :
MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol 60, p 04008 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
EDP Sciences, 2016.

Abstract

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).

Details

Language :
English, French
ISSN :
2261236X
Volume :
60
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
MATEC Web of Conferences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.207894f8945243298405ada942c58562
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166004008