Balancing of energy flows in a life cycle of thermal energy production from biogas

Biogas is a promising source for energy production in future energy systems. In this paper, the energy flows in the life cycle of a real biogas plant (Mirotin-Vrbas) for thermal energy production were considered, starting from corn silage production, cow manure transport, process of anaerobic digest...

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Main Authors: Slobodan Cvetković, Mirjana Kijevčanin
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Language:English
Published: Engineering Society for Corrosion, Belgrade, Serbia 2021-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.zastita-materijala.org/index.php/home/article/view/197
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description Biogas is a promising source for energy production in future energy systems. In this paper, the energy flows in the life cycle of a real biogas plant (Mirotin-Vrbas) for thermal energy production were considered, starting from corn silage production, cow manure transport, process of anaerobic digestion and biogas production, to the use of solid and liquid digestate for production of crops. Four energy indicators were used to evaluate energy flows in this work. The obtained results showed that this biogas system has a positive energy balance of 62.418 GJ and an energy efficiency of 6,1, which indicates that in terms of substitution of fossil fuel consumption, this system for heat production is a good alternative.
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spelling doaj-art-4b469eea189148b6b8d31dc388dc0ec12024-12-09T17:01:09ZengEngineering Society for Corrosion, Belgrade, SerbiaZaštita Materijala0351-94652466-25852021-12-0162426927610.5937/zasmat2104269C196Balancing of energy flows in a life cycle of thermal energy production from biogasSlobodan Cvetković0Mirjana Kijevčanin1Ministarstvo zaštite životne sredine Republike Srbije, BeogradUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, SerbiaBiogas is a promising source for energy production in future energy systems. In this paper, the energy flows in the life cycle of a real biogas plant (Mirotin-Vrbas) for thermal energy production were considered, starting from corn silage production, cow manure transport, process of anaerobic digestion and biogas production, to the use of solid and liquid digestate for production of crops. Four energy indicators were used to evaluate energy flows in this work. The obtained results showed that this biogas system has a positive energy balance of 62.418 GJ and an energy efficiency of 6,1, which indicates that in terms of substitution of fossil fuel consumption, this system for heat production is a good alternative.https://www.zastita-materijala.org/index.php/home/article/view/197biogasheat energylife cycleenergyenergy efficiency
spellingShingle Slobodan Cvetković
Mirjana Kijevčanin
Balancing of energy flows in a life cycle of thermal energy production from biogas
Zaštita Materijala
biogas
heat energy
life cycle
energy
energy efficiency
title Balancing of energy flows in a life cycle of thermal energy production from biogas
title_full Balancing of energy flows in a life cycle of thermal energy production from biogas
title_fullStr Balancing of energy flows in a life cycle of thermal energy production from biogas
title_full_unstemmed Balancing of energy flows in a life cycle of thermal energy production from biogas
title_short Balancing of energy flows in a life cycle of thermal energy production from biogas
title_sort balancing of energy flows in a life cycle of thermal energy production from biogas
topic biogas
heat energy
life cycle
energy
energy efficiency
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