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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Acquisition of Torrefied Biomass from Jerusalem Artichoke Grown in a Closed Circular System Using Biogas Plant Waste.

Szymon Szufa, Piotr Piersa, Łukasz Adrian, Jan Sielski, Mieczyslaw Grzesik, Zdzisława Romanowska-Duda, Krzysztof Piotrowski, Wiktoria Lewandowska

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Szymon SzufaFaculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 213, 90-924 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7287-0553
Piotr PiersaFaculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 213, 90-924 Lodz, Poland.
Łukasz AdrianFaculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 213, 90-924 Lodz, Poland.
Jan SielskiDepartment of Molecular Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 213, 90-924 Lodz, Poland.
Mieczyslaw GrzesikDepartment of Variety Studies, Nursery and Gene Resources, Research Institute of Horticulture, Str. Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8538-5971
Zdzisława Romanowska-DudaDepartment of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Str. Banacha 12/16, 92-237 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1666-9991
Krzysztof PiotrowskiDepartment of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Str. Banacha 12/16, 92-237 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9004-6851
Wiktoria LewandowskaFaculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Tamka 12, 91-403 Lodz, Poland.
Lodz University of Technology · PLUniversity of Łódź · PLInstytut Ogrodnictwa – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy · PL

Funding

Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju 0155/L-9/2017Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju BIOSTRATEG2/296369/5/NCBR/2016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the research was to investigate the effect of biogas plant waste on the physiological activity, growth, and yield of Jerusalem artichoke and the energetic usefulness of the biomass obtained in this way after the torrefaction process. The use of waste from corn grain biodigestion to methane as a biofertilizer, used alone or supplemented with Apol-humus and Stymjod, caused increased the physiological activity, growth, and yield of Jerusalem artichoke plants and can limit the application of chemical fertilizers, whose production and use in agriculture is harmful for the environment. The experiment, using different equipment, exhibited the high potential of Jerusalem artichoke fertilized by the methods elaborated as a carbonized solid biofuel after the torrefaction process. The use of a special design of the batch reactor using nitrogen, Thermogravimetric analysis, Differential thermal analysis, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and combustion of Jerusalem artichoke using TG-MS showed a thermo-chemical conversion mass loss on a level of 30% with energy loss (torgas) on a level of 10%. Compared to research results on other energy crops and straw biomass, the isothermal temperature of 245 °C during torrefaction for the carbonized solid biofuel of Jerusalem artichoke biomass fertilized with biogas plant waste is relativlely low. An SEM-EDS analysis of ash from carbonized Jerusalem artichoke after torrefaction was performed after its combustion.

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Batch Cell Culture TechniquesBiofuelsBiomassBioreactorsHelianthusWaste ManagementBiofuelsagiculturebiofuelenergy cropsJerusalem artichoketorrefaction

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PMID32854284
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