BIOMASS COMPACTION POTENTIALITIES

Authors

  • Ēriks Kronbergs Latvian University of Agriculture

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2001vol1.1935

Keywords:

biomass, compaction potentialities

Abstract

Substantial increases in global energy consumption and depletion o f fossil energy resources demand for development o f alternative energy resources. The more significant part (74%) of renewable energy sources has been planned for biomass energy in European Union. Substitution of fossil feedstocks for energy and materials by biomass is important measure for GHG emission mitigation. Development o f biodegradable polymers, construction materials and organic fertilizers from biomass let us challenge economy to a more sustainable way.

Naturally biomass is material of low density therefore new mobile equipment and technologies for biomass communition and densification have to be worked out. Compacted biomass has higher volumetric energy density and can be easier transported and stored than natural biomass.

Wheat straw biomass densification experiments have been carried out. Chopped straw with moisture content less 10% has been used for densification. Fine chopping significantly influence compacting density and is more preferable as heating. Cold compacting of fine chopped wheat stalk material with addition o f molasses more than 9% and sapropel more than 18% provide density lg/cm3 without any heating. The same density (Ig/cm3) has been obtained in compacting o f straw and peat composition. These results are useful for briquetting technology design.

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Author Biography

  • Ēriks Kronbergs, Latvian University of Agriculture

    Institute of Mechanics

    Dr. sc. ing., Senior researcher

References

The Earth Summit’s AGENDA FOR CHANGE: A plain language version of Agenda 21 and the other Rio Agreements / Published by the Centre for Our Common Future. -Printed in Geneva, Switzerland: SRO- Kundig S. A., 1993.-35 p.

Olsson R., Reed Canarygrass Development in Sweden. In: Proceedings of the Third Meeting of IEA, Bioenergy, Task 17 in Auburn, Alabama, U.S.A., September 6 - 9, 1999. Environmental Sciences Division Publication No.5053, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, pp. 1-8.

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Published

2001-06-20

How to Cite

[1]
Ēriks Kronbergs, “BIOMASS COMPACTION POTENTIALITIES”, ETR, vol. 1, pp. 50–54, Jun. 2001, doi: 10.17770/etr2001vol1.1935.