<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Currently, many countries are establishing goals for substituting fossil fuels with biomass. This global trade in solid biofuels, which is to some extent already taking place, will have a major impact not only on other commodity markets like vegetable oils or animal fodder but also on the global land use change and on environmental impacts. It demonstrates the strong but complex link between biofuels production and the global food market, it unveils policy measures as the main drivers for production and use of biofuels and it analyzes various sustainability indicators and certification schemes for biofuels with respect to minimizing the adverse effects of biofuels. Biomass is seen as a very promising option for fulfilling the environmental goals defined by the European Commission as well as various national governments. We have measured selected physicochemical properties of several the most common oilseeds and the residue materials in the form of cakes, moisture, fat, heat of combustion, the calorific value and ash content. The results showed that the considered plants and waste derived therefrom can be a good energy source. Examples include sunflower oilcake, sesame, pumpkin and rapeseed cake, for which the calorific value amounted to respectively: 28.17; 27.77; 26.42 and 21.69 MJ·kg<sup>−1</sup>.</p></abstract>

Currently, many countries are establishing goals for substituting fossil fuels with biomass. This global trade in solid biofuels, which is to some extent already taking place, will have a major impact not only on other commodity markets like vegetable oils or animal fodder but also on the global land use change and on environmental impacts. It demonstrates the strong but complex link between biofuels production and the global food market, it unveils policy measures as the main drivers for production and use of biofuels and it analyzes various sustainability indicators and certification schemes for biofuels with respect to minimizing the adverse effects of biofuels. Biomass is seen as a very promising option for fulfilling the environmental goals defined by the European Commission as well as various national governments. We have measured selected physicochemical properties of several the most common oilseeds and the residue materials in the form of cakes, moisture, fat, heat of combustion, the calorific value and ash content. The results showed that the considered plants and waste derived therefrom can be a good energy source. Examples include sunflower oilcake, sesame, pumpkin and rapeseed cake, for which the calorific value amounted to respectively: 28.17; 27.77; 26.42 and 21.69 MJ·kg−1.

Possibilities of Using Waste after Pressing Oil from Oilseeds for Energy Purposes

Department of Machinery Exploitation and Management of Production Processes

Sub-Department of Biological Bases of Food and Feed Technology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin

Agricultural Engineering

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Currently, many countries are establishing goals for substituting fossil fuels with biomass. This global trade in solid biofuels, which is to some extent...

Possibilities of Using Waste after Pressing Oil from Oilseeds for Energy Purposes

Publié en ligne: 18 juin 2016

Pages: 45 - 54

Reçu: 01 juil. 2015

Accepté: 01 oct. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2016-0005

Mots clés
oilcake, heat of combustion, calorific value, oilseeds

© 2016 Magdalena Kachel-Jakubowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Possibilities of Using Waste after Pressing Oil from Oilseeds for Energy Purposes

Publié en ligne: 18 juin 2016

Pages: 45 - 54

Reçu: 01 juil. 2015

Accepté: 01 oct. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2016-0005

Mots clésoilcake, heat of combustion, calorific value, oilseeds

© 2016 Magdalena Kachel-Jakubowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
oilcake, heat of combustion, calorific value, oilseeds