Title:
Benefits for Farmers to Produce Press Juices From Legumes for Chemical Industries
Author(s):
Papendiek, F., Tartiu, V.E., Morone, P., Venus, J., Hönig, A.
Document(s):
Paper
Slide presentation
Abstract:
Legumes are valuable plants for soil quality and therewith an important part of crop rotations. However, their cultivation continues to decrease because cereals obtain higher prices. It was to test whether the implementation of Green Biorefineries can make the cultivation of legumes profitable again. Green Biorefinery means that fresh green biomass, like grasses, green crops or fodder plants are processed into a wide spectrum of products (food, feed, chemicals, materials, energy). In this study, legumes as typical fodder plants are in focus. Alfalfa on arable land and a clover-grass mixture on grassland were cultivated. The fresh green biomass was pressed in a screw press to generate a press juice and cake. The cake can be used as fodder, fibrous composite material or for energetic uses in a biogas plant. The press juice is a potential resource for chemical industries to produce i.e. proteins, dyes or lactic acid. The new utilisation concept offers a new market for legumes and could overcome economic disadvantages of legume cultivation. Economic evaluation based on growing and pressing trials gave information on which farm structure would reach profit by means of Green Biorefineries.
Keywords:
alfalfa, green biorefinery, cost benefit analysis
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Biomass feedstock, residues and by-products
Event:
22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1BO.2.5
Pages:
74 - 75
ISBN:
978-88-89407-52-3
Paper DOI:
10.5071/22ndEUBCE2014-1BO.2.5
Price:
FREE
