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Article
Carbon Footprint Determination When Using Residual Agricultural Biomass for Energy Production
Author(s)
Erol Murad
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DOI:10.17265/1934-8975/2018.03.001
Affiliation(s)
EKKO OFFICE AG, Innovation Department, Bucharest 024102, Romania
ABSTRACT
At present, the focus is on distributed energy generation with low or
negative carbon emissions as well as high conversion yields. In Romania, the renewable energy resource that can be used and
produced when and wherever necessary is residual agricultural biomass with a
potential of 31 million tons, which can produce over 40% of the national energy
demand. Residual agricultural biomass is produced with an average energy
efficiency of 6 kWh·bm/kWh input. The CHAB (combined heat and biochar production) concept produces high yield thermal energy as well
as BC (biochar) with an average carbon footprint of 140 kg/ton
biomass. If the energy produced is used to produce agricultural output, the
negative carbon footprint increases by reducing the consumption of fossil
fuels. It increases energy independence, the safety of agricultural production,
the number of jobs, and regional economic development.
KEYWORDS
Waste biomass, energy, BC, CHAB, carbon footprint.
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