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Evaluation of Agricultural Residues as Organic Green Energy Source Based on Seabuckthorn, Blackberry, and Straw Blends

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dc.contributor.author MARIAN, Grigore
dc.contributor.author IANUS, Gelu
dc.contributor.author ISTRATE, Bogdan
dc.contributor.author BANARI, Alexandru
dc.contributor.author NAZAR, Boris
dc.contributor.author MUNTEANU, Corneliu
dc.contributor.author MALUŢAN, Teodor
dc.contributor.author GUDÎMA, Andrei
dc.contributor.author CIOLACU, Florin
dc.contributor.author DARADUDA, Nicolae
dc.contributor.author PALEU, Viorel
dc.date.accessioned 2024-04-12T06:56:35Z
dc.date.available 2024-04-12T06:56:35Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.citation MARIAN, Grigore et al. Evaluation of Agricultural Residues as Organic Green Energy Source Based on Seabuckthorn, Blackberry, and Straw Blends. In: Agronomy, 2022, nr. 12, art. num.2018. ISSN 2073-4395. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2073-4395
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12092018
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.utm.md/handle/5014/26793
dc.description Acces full text - https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12092018 en_US
dc.description.abstract The use of biomass mixtures as a feedstock in the production of pellets requires optimization of the percentages of the components, since interactions occur during combustion between the components forming the blend (lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose), affecting characteristics of pellets such as calorific value, ash content, fine fraction content, bulk density, and mechanical durability. Our study focuses on the assessment of the quality of pellets produced from biomass blends generated from pruning seabuckthorn and blackberry mixed with wheat straw. The results of literature data analysis and laboratory research show that wheat straw pellets exhibited the lowest calorific value (15.2 ± 0.2 MJ/Kg) and the highest ash content (5.7 ± 0.18%) while seabuckthorn and blackberry biomass pellets possessed significantly higher calorific value with low ash content. According to the maximization of the mixtures taken in the study, it was proved that the addition of up to 25% wheat straw remaining seabuckthorn biomass provides all the qualitative indicators specified by ENPlus 3 standards. The straw content can be increased up to 35% if 10–20% of blackberry biomass is added to the mixture. The production of pellets from biomass mixtures with an optimized composition, meeting the requirements of EN3Plus standards, will benefit the environment and the agricultural economy by replacing polluting fuels and making optimal use of straw and fruit tree pruning residues. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher MDPI, Basel, Switzerland en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Agronomy;2022, nr. 12
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States *
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ *
dc.subject biomass blends en_US
dc.subject biomass pellets en_US
dc.subject fruit bushes en_US
dc.subject seabuckthorn biomass en_US
dc.subject blackberry biomass en_US
dc.subject wheat straw en_US
dc.subject biomass mixtures en_US
dc.title Evaluation of Agricultural Residues as Organic Green Energy Source Based on Seabuckthorn, Blackberry, and Straw Blends en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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