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92.000 Valencian families could have totally covered his needs of electrical power every year

The forestry and agricultural biomass would avoid the broadcast of 240.000 annual tonnes of CO2 in the Valencian Community

Editorial Interempresas14/01/2013

14 January 2013

The Valencian Community would avoid the broadcast of 240482,78 annual tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) by means of the use of solid fuels from the forestry waste and the shell of rice that generate in the autonomic territory, as it reveals the project Biomer realised by the Technological Institute of the Power (ITE), and the Technological Institute of the Piece of furniture, Wood, Packaging and Affine, (Aidima).

The investigation, under the technical coordination of the ITE and with the experience of both centres, has analysed the energetic exploitation of the industrial residual biomass of forestry and agricultural origin like renewable power by means of the use of the designated pélets or solid biofuels. In comparison with the consumption of natural gas like referent fossil, the Valencian Community would reduce his annual broadcasts of CO₂ when generating annually more than 23.000 tonnes of shell of rice, and have the potential to extract 343.564 tonnes of forestry residual biomass, on official data complemented, contrasted and elaborated by the study.

Pellets Pertinent of forestry residual biomass and detail expanded of shell of rice.

Potential power

Taking into account this potential, both centres have manufactured solid biofuels of shell of rice and of pine, that reach a power calorífico of 16.043 J/g (Julies/gram) and 18.984 J/g respectively, according to the results obtained in the essays. In this way, the pélets would generate 1.926,42 GWh (gigawatios/hour) electrical annual, sufficient power to cover the needs of electrical consumption of 92.485 Valencian families, as they indicate the researchers in base to the annual half consumption by Spanish family calculated by Spanish Electrical Network (REE), that situates it in 2.992 kWh (kilowatts hour) electrical annual.

The initiative Biomer has allowed to evaluate the impact of distinct waste like renewable power and analyse the main technologies of energetic transformation, concluding that the waste biomásicos pertinent of the forestry industry and the shell of rice are the susceptible to contribute these resources, excluding podas of gardening and slimes of debugger, among others to study.

As it describes , the investigation has evaluated the quality of the optimum waste and the analysis of the cycle of life in his environingingmental implication in the stages of the pélet: obtaining of the prime matter, production, use, final treatment, recycled, and final valorisation. The results reveal that the greater contribution to the reduction of the environingingmental impact produces in the stage of energetic valorisation, followed of the stage of manufacture of the own pélets. To the time, the researchers have realised an analysis of technologies of energetic conversion comparing technical, performances and costs of the biofuels, and have elaborated a design of automation and modelado of a pilot plant of biomass.

Essay for the analysis of the ashes of the biomass.

Districts of heat

The specialists aim, after the results obtained, similar solutions to the districts of heat (district heating) like viable options of aprovechamiento of this biomass to cover the thermal sensors and electrical needs of a concrete zone of population associated to such end, as it could be a network of urbanisations and his municipality, or a small mixed system industry-domestic consumption, detail.

The researchers indicate, besides, that the Valencian Community would obtain an important socioeconomic profit and environingingmental of the set up of this system “since the use like power of this waste would contribute significantly to the aims fixed by the Plan of National Action in matter of Renewable Energies 2011-2020”, require.

This project has been funded by the Generalitat Valencian through the Institute of the Average and Small Valencian Industry (Impiva) and the European Bottom of Regional Development (Feder), inside of the Program of Projects of R&D in Collaboration.

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