Characteristics and availability of biomass waste and residues in The Netherlands for gasification

Faaij, André; Doorn, J. van; Curvers, Toine; Waldheim, Lars; Olsson, Eva; Wijk, Ad van; Daey-Ouwens, Cees

doi:10.1016/s0961-9534(97)00003-2

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“…The moisture content of sugarcane bagasse was in the range of 40-60%. Brammer and Bridgewater 28 reported that a moisture content of up to 20% and 50% is acceptable for downdraught and updraught gasifiers, …”

Section: Proximate Analysismentioning

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Characteristics of potential gasifier fuels in selected regions of the Lake Victoria Basin

Mosiori¹,

Onindo²,

Mugabi³

et al. 2015

S. Afr. J. Sci.

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All countries in the Lake Victoria Basin depend mostly on hydroelectric power for the provision of energy. Gasification technology has a high potential for reducing biomass energy consumption whilst increasing access to modern energy services. The key aspect for the failure of gasification operations in the Lake Victoria Basin is inadequate adaptation of gasification equipment to fuel characteristics, lack of fuel specification and inappropriate material choice. We therefore investigated the thermo-chemical characterisation of six biomass fuels, namely Pinus caribaea, Calitris robusta, Cupressus lusitanica, Eucalyptus grandis, Pinus patula and sugarcane bagasse from selected regions of the Lake Victoria Basin. Ultimate analysis was done using a Flash 2000 elemental analyser. Moisture content, ash content and volatile matter were determined in oven and muffle furnaces while heating values were determined using a Gallenkamp calorimeter. The mean percentage levels obtained indicate that all six biomass fuels had a mean range for nitrogen of 0.07±0.

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Section: Proximate Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Characteristics of potential gasifier fuels in selected regions of the Lake Victoria Basin

Mosiori¹,

Onindo²,

Mugabi³

et al. 2015

S. Afr. J. Sci.

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“…Burning MSW produces carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide as well as trace amounts of toxic pollutants, such as mercury compounds and dioxins. Assuming, organic wastes from households is entirely made up from food wastes higher heating value for food wastes was taken as 6.4 MJ/kg [40].…”

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Analysing global food waste problem: pinpointing the facts and estimating the energy content

Melikoğlu¹,

Lin²,

2013

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Food waste is a global problem. Each year food worth billions of dollars is wasted by the developed economies of the world. When food is wasted, the problem does not end at that point. More than 95% of the food waste ends at landfill sites, where converted into methane, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses by anaerobic digestion. The impact of food waste to climate change is catastrophic. Food waste problem tends to increase in next 25 years due to economic and population growth mainly in Asian countries. In addition, when food wastes buried at landfill sites their energy content is lost. Although food waste is a huge problem, its global size and extent has recently become a hot topic in the academic community. This paper summarises the size of the global food waste problem together with the estimation of the amount of energy lost when food wastes dumped at landfill sites. Calculations in this study also revealed that energy lost at landfill sites equals to 43% of the delivered energy used for the preparation of foods in the US, 37% of the hydroelectric power generation of Japan, and more than 100% of the current annual renewable energy demand of UK industries.

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“…Many studies have shown that enough biomass is, or will come available in order to cover demand in an energy economy based on a 15% share of biomass [26]. A share of 6-10% of yearly global biomass production would be sufficient.…”

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Opportunities for a Bio-based Economy in the Netherlands

Sanders

Hoeven²

2008

Energies

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Abstract:The shift to a bio-based economy for the Netherlands is not only required because of climate change, but also for industrial strategy reasons. Traditional strongholds of the Dutch economy like the Rotterdam harbour, the agricultural sector (including the greenhouse sector, and food and feed industries) and the petrochemical industry will be affected by the new economic realities, and it is precisely to these sectors that a bio-based economy will offer new opportunities.

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Characteristics and availability of biomass waste and residues in The Netherlands for gasification

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Characteristics of potential gasifier fuels in selected regions of the Lake Victoria Basin

Characteristics of potential gasifier fuels in selected regions of the Lake Victoria Basin

Analysing global food waste problem: pinpointing the facts and estimating the energy content

Opportunities for a Bio-based Economy in the Netherlands

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