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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Residual biomass"”.
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Sustainable biorefinery schemes for the recovery of energy, material and nutrient of residual biomass
… agrícolas son una fuente constante de biomasa residual que no suele tener un valor añadido durante las actividades de recolección o a lo largo de la industria de transformación de la materia prima, lo que afecta al medio ambiente donde se desarrollan estas actividades. La biomasa residual del …
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USE OF BIOCHAR, OBTAINED FROM THE VALORISATION OF AGRO-RESIDUAL BIOMASS, AS FUNCTIONAL FEED FOR MONOGASTRIC ANIMALS
… syngas through the thermochemical degradation of biomass at high temperatures (over 350°C) in an oxygen-limited environment. It has garnered significant interest for its potential to mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Considered a …
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Princípio de balanços termoenergéticos em caldeiras geradoras de vapor nas indústrias sucroalcooleiras
… for cleaner and more efficient alternatives, the residual biomass can play a role with great energy capacity. This paper presents the evaluation of operating energy efficiency of a sugarcane mill, which specifically uses bagasse as a steam source. Besides, energy consumed throughout the production …
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Application of physicochemical and biological pretreatments to enhance volatile fatty acids production via Dark Fermentation from agri-food waste
… is framed within the biorefinery concept, where residual biomass is processed comprehensively and sustainably to obtain multiple value-added products, thereby promoting a circular economy model and reducing the environmental impact of agro-industrial waste management. The use of residual biomass …
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Organic Sulfur-Bearing Species as Subsurface Carbon Storage Vectors
… change issues, this study investigates whether residual biomass can be converted to a suitable form for permanent subsurface sequestration. Natural sulfurization processes in sedimentary organic matter are investigated as mechanisms to generate biologically refractory water-soluble organic …
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Development of biomaterials from sustainably produced macroalgae feedstocks
… These ponds produce significant amounts of residual macroalgae biomass as a by-product of the bioremediation process, which is nutrient-rich and contains valuable biopolymers like cellulose. Utilizing this residual biomass as a substrate for high-value cellulose production is yet to be …
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Extracting phycocyanin from spirulina and hydrothermal liquefaction of its residues to produce bio-crude oil
… (C-PC) extraction from spirulina platensis. The residual biomass after C-PC extraction was converted into bio-crude oil via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). The HTL bio-crude oil obtained from the original spirulina feedstock and the residual after the C-PC extraction were compared. A rapid and …
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Desenvolvimento e otimização do processo de extração de pectina a partir do resíduo de maracujá da caatinga (Passiflora cincinnata Mast.) utilizando tecnologia do ultrassom de alta intensidade
… food processing units generate large volumes of residual biomass after harvesting and processing. An efficient way of reuse would be through the use of fruit and vegetable peels from the food chain, to extract high-value bioactive molecules such as pectins, structural anionic …
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Methods Of Analysis For Fermentation Science Products Using Various Analytical Techniques
… (UPLC-CAD), and Thermal Energy Quantitation of Residual Biomass Using Oxygen Bomb Calorimetry (OBC). </p> <p>The first major technique employs liquid chromatography to separate and quantitate major sugars (xylose and glucose) in the saccharification of biomass (switchgrass). Storage conditions …
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Trattamento di Biomasse vegetali e algali finalizzato all'ottenimento di energia. Potenziali sviluppi in Sardegna
The biomass employ for energy purposes is the subject of debate and controversy, especially as regards the use of plant species of interest to food and agricultural land. Indeed, the cultivation of plant species for energy enables diversification of agricultural activities, the recovery of wild …
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Processi di biorefining per l'estrazione di secondary chemical building blocks da sottoprotti dell'agro-industria
… absent in lower organisms and in animals. Biomass (which contain 3-8% of phenols) represents a substantial source of secondary chemical building blocks presently underexploited. These phenolic derivatives are currently used in tens thousand of tons to produce high cost products such as food …
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Enabling a Sustainable Economy through Energy Systems Modeling: Solar-centric, Efficient, Integrated and Continuous Process Synthesis and Optimization
… energy efficient process designs for integrated biomass and natural gas (NG) to liquid fuel conversion is synthesized by formulating and solving a process superstructure optimization problem. The solution of the Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming (MINLP) model identified the optimal process …
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Production of bioplastic precursors (polyhydroxyalkanoates) from macroalgae
… through biotechnological processes. This natural biomass has many advantages, such as the fact that they do not need land or fresh water to be cultivated. Moreover, they are not energy crops, so they do not compete directly with those that are a food resource, such as maize or wheat. Another …
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Modeling the Production of Microalgal Biodiesel
… process consisting of microalgae cultivation, biomass harvesting, lipid extraction, lipid conversion to biodiesel, and anaerobic digestion of residual biomass. Material and energy flows are estimated using mass and energy balances and equipment performance equations. Operating and capital costs …