Suitability of crop varieties for energy production
2009
Kakitis, A., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Engineering. Inst. of Mechanics | Smits, M., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Engineering. Inst. of Mechanics | Belicka, I., State Stende Inst. of Cereal Breeding, Dizstende, Talsu reg. (Latvia)
Usage of herbaceous biomass as a fuel significantly increases during recent years. The main resources for solid biofuel in rural areas of Latvia are wood, residues of cereal crops, peat and emergent vegetation in lakes as common reeds (Phragmites australis). The share of biomass as a fuel in Latvia is 30.3 %, which is the highest percentage in the enlarged EU. Cereal grain is ready to use fuel which successfully can be applied for heat production in small scale boilers. The main problem of grain usage in furnaces is ash content and ash melting and slagging. The article describes grain burning properties for summer and winter cereal varieties grown in Stende State Cereal Breeding Institute. Energy production per hectare, ash content and ash melting temperature for different crop grain are described in the article.
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