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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2026

The Energy Potential, Environmental Impact, and Occupational Health and Safety Potential of Biogas Obtained from Filter Cake in Artisanal Panela Production.

Reni Danilo Vinocunga-Pillajo, Estela Guardado Yordi, Josselyn Pico Poma, Leidy Pico Poma, Diego Sarabia Guevara, Karel Diéguez-Santana, Amaury Pérez Martínez

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Reni Danilo Vinocunga-PillajoFacultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo 160101, Pastaza, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0001-6698-7846
Estela Guardado YordiFacultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo 160101, Pastaza, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-0515-6720
Josselyn Pico PomaFacultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo 160101, Pastaza, Ecuador.
Leidy Pico PomaMinisterio de Educación-Zonal 3, Distrito 16D01, Puyo 160101, Pastaza, Ecuador.
Diego Sarabia GuevaraFacultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo 160101, Pastaza, Ecuador.
Karel Diéguez-SantanaBiomolecules Discovery Group, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Km 7 Vía Muyuna, Tena 150101, Napo, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0003-4064-0566
Amaury Pérez MartínezFacultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo 160101, Pastaza, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0003-3978-7982

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Abstract

Filter cake (or cachaza), a residue generated in the artisanal production of panela, represents an under-explored source of renewable energy in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Valorizing filter cake could reduce the use of solid biomass and emissions associated with traditional combustion. Our objective was to determine the energy potential of the biogas obtained and its contribution to the sustainability of the panela (unrefined cane sugar) production system. A sequential procedure was applied that included the physicochemical characterization of filter cake, feed flow modeling, and stoichiometric simulation under mesophilic conditions. The anaerobic digestion of filter cake with the optimal Composition 6 generated up to 1736.40 m

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biogascachazacalorific valuemathematical modelspanelasimulationstoichiometry

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PMCPMC12937851

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