Eventos Anais de eventos
COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
Characterization of residual biomass from agricultural and agroindustrial activities
Submission Author:
Gabriel Pena Vergara , Montevideo , Uruguay
Co-Authors:
Gabriel Pena Vergara, Alvaro Durante, Pedro Curto-Risso, NESTOR TANCREDI, Alejandro Amaya, Ana Claudia Pina Riveiro, Edgar Franco
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-0668
Abstract
Currently, fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas represent the main energy sources in the world. However, renewable energy sources, including biomass, have to be used to reduce environmental damage. Biomass wastes generated in the agricultural and agroindustrial activities are left in the field or discarded, usually without any value. In this paper a characterization as solid fuels of the main residual biomasses generated in Uruguay is approached. Six analyses were performed to characterize the biomass samples and their ashes: moisture, proximate and ultimate analysis, heating value, thermogravimetric analysis and ash melting temperature determination. It was found that olive and grape pomace have the best properties as potential fuels (even several properties better than some traditional biomass fuels), followed by vine and olive prunings, then grape stems and switchgrass. On the other hand, cereal crop straws and wild cane did not show so favorable characteristics, specially on the heating values and ash contents.
Keywords
Biomass, Solid fuel characterization, Agriculture residues
