Significance of agricultural residues in sustainable biofuel development
Bioenergy resources are considered clean and are an integral part of eforts to address the menace of climatic, economic, environmental, and social security challenges consequential from the utilization of fossil fuel, which is currently the main energy source. Bioenergy and biofuel utilizing biom...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English English |
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IntechOpen
2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/66002/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66002/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66002/1/66002_Significance%20of%20agricultural%20residues.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/66002/7/66002_Significance%20of%20Agricultural%20Residues%20in%20Sustainable%20biofuel.pdf |
| Summary: | Bioenergy resources are considered clean and are an integral part of eforts to address
the menace of climatic, economic, environmental, and social security challenges consequential
from the utilization of fossil fuel, which is currently the main energy source.
Bioenergy and biofuel utilizing biomass such as bioreinery, plant materials and manure,
and waste resources for application as renewable fuels for transportation and for power
generation can ensure a sustainable, low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels. Bioenergy is
among the major plan to strategically phase out electricity generation from coal as well a
comprehensive climate plan through carbon capture and other measures. Biomass selection
sustainably has been advocated over time and reaction pathways are the other area
of intensiied efort for an economical and environmentally synthesized process. Besides,
the use of agricultural residues and manure to produce bioenergy ofers a signiicant
opportunity for local and regional economies. In this chapter, various agricultural biomass
residues which are an important energy resource are presented and the several
studies where they have been explored in various locations of the world considering different
approaches had been presented. Crop residues, in particular, are one of the largest
biomass resources globally and the best options for use to produce bioenergy depending
on local factors, including the type and scale of resources in each location are therein
enumerated. It is observed that agricultural residues are an important resource for future
biofuel and bioenergy generation sustainably. |
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