Eucalyptus sp. reforestation as an option for thermal energy independence for grain drying with biomass in Brazil

Autores/as

  • João Victor Pereira Oliveira Control and automation engineer, doctor in Agricultural Engineering, professor at Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG.
  • Larissa Carolina Corraide da Silva Control and automation engineer, master in Agricultural Engineering, student at Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Delly Oliveira Filho Electrical engineer, doctor in Electrical Engineering, professor at Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35977/0104-1096.cct2023.v40.27242

Palabras clave:

agricultural residue, energy self-sufficiency, land use, woodchips

Resumen

The current worldwide energy scenario has concerned producers due to significant variations in prices in the energy source market. Energy price and availability play a significant role in the economic planning of a production process because it is essential for agricultural processes to prevent product losses during drying and storage. This paper presents an analysis of the area required and the economic viability of Eucalyptus reforestation and crop residues to provide energy self-sufficiency for the drying of agricultural products. In the cases analyzed in this present research, this practice was economically viable in up to 14 out of 15 situations. The minimum area required for reforestation ranged from 0.61% to 3.15% of the cultivated area for the products considered in this research. The scenario of unstable prices in Brazil after the Covid 19 pandemics and the Russia-Ukraine war drastically impact the results.

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Publicado

2023-07-19

Cómo citar

Oliveira, J. V. P., Silva, L. C. C. da, & Oliveira Filho, D. (2023). <i>Eucalyptus</i> sp. reforestation as an option for thermal energy independence for grain drying with biomass in Brazil. Cadernos De Ciência & Tecnologia, 40, e27242. https://doi.org/10.35977/0104-1096.cct2023.v40.27242

Número

V.40, Jan./Dec., 2023

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