The potential of biomass and animal waste of Turkey and the possibilities of these as fuel in thermal generating stations
- Selcuk Univ. Technical Coll., Konya (Turkey). Dept. of Agricultural Machinery
- Ege Univ. Solar Energy Inst., Izmir (Turkey). Dept. of Energy Sources
- Selcuk Univ. Faculty of Agriculture, Konya (Turkey). Dept. of Agricultural Machinery
In this study, the potential of important biomass energy sources and animal solid wastes of Turkey were determined and the potential of these as a source of fuel in thermal generating stations to produce electricity was studied. The effects of biomass and lignite coal usage on the environment were reported comparatively. Considering total cereal products and fatty seed plants, approximately 50--65 million tons per year of biomass and 11,051 million tons of solid matter animal waste are produced, and 60% of biomass is seen as possible to use for energy. The primary energy of applicable biomass was evaluated as 467--623 Peta Joule (PJ) and the energy of animal residues as 50,172 PJ. This amount of energy is equal to 22--27% of Turkey`s annual primary energy consumption, (6,308 million tons of oil equivalent).
- OSTI ID:
- 350294
- Journal Information:
- Energy Sources, Vol. 21, Issue 4; Other Information: PBD: May 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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