Use of cotton plant waste biomass for solid biofuel production

Bc. Magdaléna Stavjarská

Master's thesis

Abstract:

In order to environmental conservation and covering energy demands of today's society there is an increasing effort to use biological waste materials from different production sectors (mostly from agriculture) as a feedstock for the solid biofuel production. One of the promissing waste materials, which is yearly generated in big quantities are cotton residues that could be perspective alternative source of energy in developing countries - the main cotton producers.The Thesis is devided into two main parts. The teoretical part of present Thesis is primarily focused on analysis of literature information about bioenergy and solid biofuels as well as about cotton plant and its utilization. The practical part presents experimental research dedicated to quality assessment of pellets obtained from cotton resudues through determination of physical, chemical and mechanical properties. Based on calculation of cotton residues yield and measured gross calorific value the maximum energy potential for cotton biomass was calculated as well. Additionaly, from the data of FAO statistical database the cotton lint yield curve for next 10 years with was estimated.

Keywords

cotton residues, biofuel standards, pellets, quality tests, calorific value, energy potential

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 22. 4. 2016

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Tatiana Ivanova, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Master programme / odbor:
Tropical Agriculture / Sustainable Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics