LAPSE:2020.0778
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LAPSE:2020.0778
Energetic Valorisation of Olive Biomass: Olive-Tree Pruning, Olive Stones and Pomaces
July 2, 2020
Olive oil industry is one of the most important industries in the world. Currently, the land devoted to olive-tree cultivation around the world is ca. 11 × 106 ha, which produces more than 20 × 106 t olives per year. Most of these olives are destined to the production of olive oils. The main by-products of the olive oil industry are olive-pruning debris, olive stones and different pomaces. In cultures with traditional and intensive typologies, one single ha of olive grove annually generates more than 5 t of these by-products. The disposal of these by-products in the field can led to environmental problems. Notwithstanding, these by-products (biomasses) have a huge potential as source of energy. The objective of this paper is to comprehensively review the latest advances focused on energy production from olive-pruning debris, olive stones and pomaces, including processes such as combustion, gasification and pyrolysis, and the production of biofuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel. Future research efforts required for biofuel production are also discussed. The future of the olive oil industry must move towards a greater interrelation between olive oil production, conservation of the environment and energy generation.
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bioethanol, combustion, gasification, olive, olive oils, olive pomaces, olive stones, olive-pruning debris, pyrolysis
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García Martín JF, Cuevas M, Feng CH, Álvarez Mateos P, Torres García M, Sánchez S. Energetic Valorisation of Olive Biomass: Olive-Tree Pruning, Olive Stones and Pomaces. (2020). LAPSE:2020.0778
Author Affiliations
García Martín JF: Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain; Center for Advanced Studies in Olive Grove and Olive Oils, Science and Technology Park GEOLIT, 23620 Mengibar, Spain [ORCID]
Cuevas M: Center for Advanced Studies in Olive Grove and Olive Oils, Science and Technology Park GEOLIT, 23620 Mengibar, Spain; Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain [ORCID]
Feng CH: RIKEN Centre for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, 519-1399 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan [ORCID]
Álvarez Mateos P: Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain [ORCID]
Torres García M: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, University of Seville-Thermal Power Group, Camino de los descubrimientos s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain [ORCID]
Sánchez S: Center for Advanced Studies in Olive Grove and Olive Oils, Science and Technology Park GEOLIT, 23620 Mengibar, Spain; Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
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Processes
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8
Issue
5
Article Number
E511
Year
2020
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2020-04-26
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2227-9717
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