Can fuel-based energy production meet the challenge of fighting global warming — A chance for biomass and cogeneration?

Sipilä, Kai; Johansson, Ann-Charlotte; Saviharju, Kari

doi:10.1016/0960-8524(93)90075-m

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“…The equation for exchanger effectiveness depends on the type and flow direction associated with the particular exchanger being designed. In this case study (7) was used as it is appropriate for the counter-flow conditions that existed in the tunnel [20] …”

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“…As energy demand is increasing rapidly, bionergy is seen as one of the primary possibilities for preventing global warming [7]. At present, the immediate factor impeding the emergence of an industry converting biowastes into bioenergy on a large scale is the high cost of processing, rather than the cost or availability of biomass feedstock [8].…”

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Energy from Waste: Reuse of Compost Heat as a Source of Renewable Energy

Irvine

Lamont

Antízar-Ladislao

2010

International Journal of Chemical Engineering

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An in-vessel tunnel composting facility in Scotland was used to investigate the potential for collection and reuse of compost heat as a source of renewable energy. The amount of energy offered by the compost was calculated and seasonal variations analysed. A heat exchanger was designed in order to collect and transfer the heat. This allowed heated water of 47.3 o C to be obtained. The temperature could be further increased to above 60 o C by passing it through multiple tunnels in series. Estimated costs for installing and running the system were calculated. In order to analyse these costs alternative solar thermal and ground source heat pump systems were also designed. The levels of supply and economic performance were then compared. A capital cost of £11,662 and operating cost of £1,039 per year were estimated, resulting in a cost of £0.50 per kWh for domestic water and £0.10 per kWh for spatial heat. Using the heat of the compost was found to provide the most reliable level of supply at a similar price to its rivals.

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Energy from Waste: Reuse of Compost Heat as a Source of Renewable Energy

Irvine

Lamont

Antízar-Ladislao

2010

International Journal of Chemical Engineering

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“…The maturity of the studies in bioenergy as an alternative to conventional fuels started in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In the 1990s, concerns regarding greenhouse gas emissions and global warming [ 79 ] along with increasing energy demand [ 80 ] had driven countries to set up bioenergy research programs to advocate for innovation and knowledge advancement in modern bioenergy technologies to extract energy carriers from biomass, especially in the forms of electricity, biogas, and biofuels for transportation, rather than the only traditional use of biomass for heat and electricity. For example, in 1991, to support and encourage the development of biofuels used in the transportation sector, the Swedish government allocated 120 million crowns for studies in this field.…”

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Development of bioenergy technologies: A scientometric analysis

Jahanshahi,

Lopes,

Brandão

et al. 2023

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“…The energy produced during the production of such organic amendments is called bioenergy. This form of energy is being gradually advocated and popularized in the area of climate change mitigation and combating global warming (Sipila, Johansson, & Saviharju, 1993). Converting biomass into bioenergy on a large scale is largely impeded by the high cost of processing, rather than the cost or availability of feedstock (Irvine, Lamont, & Antizar-Ladislao, 2010).…”

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Maximizing energy usage in a synergistic organic soil amendments production system for improved soil productivity: A review of opportunities for the drier savannas of nigeria

Dawaki

Lado

Yusuf

et al. 2018

Food and Energy Security

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This article presents a review on the opportunities available in the drier savannahs of Northern Nigeria for the production of soil organic amendments to improve soil productivity and enhance carbon sequestration through a synergistic system. The use of soil organic amendments in the farming systems of the drier savannas of Nigeria is below optimal principally because of the low level of awareness among small‐holder farmers in the region and production cost/benefit disadvantage. Given the large quantities of organic wastes generated in expanding cities in the region and non‐feed agricultural waste resources from rural and peri‐urban areas, there is potential to approach waste management from the perspective of waste conversion in a synergistic approach to minimize production cost especially in the form of energy savings. This will enhance the availability of materials such as biochar and compost which have been advocated as two principal materials with properties that can improve poor soils, such as those in the region under consideration. When coupled with risk management and extension strategies targeting farmer education, the products may be adoptable across the vast arable fields in the region thereby maximizing use advantage.

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Can fuel-based energy production meet the challenge of fighting global warming — A chance for biomass and cogeneration?

Cited by 15 publications

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Energy from Waste: Reuse of Compost Heat as a Source of Renewable Energy

Energy from Waste: Reuse of Compost Heat as a Source of Renewable Energy

Development of bioenergy technologies: A scientometric analysis

Maximizing energy usage in a synergistic organic soil amendments production system for improved soil productivity: A review of opportunities for the drier savannas of nigeria

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