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- Title
The role of specific energy consumption in a heat recovery system for cassava starch production using an integrated agro-industrial system.
- Authors
Van Giau, Vo; Kien, Tran Trung; Van Thanh, Tran; Hieu, Tran Thi; Thao, Nguyen Thi Phuong; Son, Le Thanh; Schnitzer, Hans; Le Luu, Tran; Hai, Le Thanh
- Abstract
Background: Reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is a crucial issue in the cassava starch processing industry. In this study, the integrated system combining livestock, cassava cultivation and cassava production in the same area leads to both a zero emission goal and economic efficiency, a typical example of an effective agro-industrial symbiosis. A heat exchange/recovery system was applied including the economizer, heat exchanger tank, biogas tank, and boiler. The economizer attached to the boiler's chimney transfers heat from exhaust gases for pre-heating feed water entering the boiler. The biogas tank recovers energy from the wastewater of starch production and livestock, and the generated biogas was used as fuel for the boiler. Results: The energy and exergy efficiency, energy losses, and exergy destruction for the heat recovery system were analyzed. The specific energy consumption was used to evaluate the overall energy efficiency for a cassava starch factory with a capacity of 20 tons/day. The results show that there is a high potential to recycle waste into energy in the cassava starch industry. The total energy saving and reduced greenhouse gas emissions per year of the cassava starch factory were 0.054%/year and 123,564 kgCO2/per year, respectively. Conclusions: Cassava starch factories can save energy and reduce emissions when applying a heat recovery system in the integrated agro-industrial system. Excess heat from the production was used for evaporating (removal of) NH3 in wastewater flow from the biogas tank, and for heating the biogas system to enhance the efficiency of methane production. A biochar filter was attached to the economizer for adsorption of released ammonium, and the biochar after adsorption was combined with sludge from the biogas tank to produce a solid biofertilizer.
- Subjects
CASSAVA starch; HEAT recovery; HEATING; GREENHOUSE gases; SOLAR chimneys; ENERGY consumption; CASSAVA growing
- Publication
Energy, Sustainability & Society, 2024, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2192-0567
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13705-024-00473-0