The vegetable waste biomass is produced by several production chains like agriculture, agro- and food industries. Such biomass represents the renewable feedstock for a waste-based biorefinery, an industrial model that plays a key role in a bio-economy system, an innovative economy model that is based on the sustainable use of renewable resources in agriculture and industry, and that takes in account biodiversity and environmental protection (1). In this frame, the identification of starting materials that are not in competition with food chain or other production chains coupled with the development of new technologies and processes, is one of the main issues for a waste- based biorefinery. Here we reported some examples for the re-use and valorization of two kinds of vegetable waste biomass: the energy crops’ residues (2, 3) and the wastes of food industry (4, 5) The crops selected, i.e. the giant reed (Arundo donax) and the cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) are among the annual crops and perennial herbaceous species that are object of increasing interest in relation to their use as feedstock for lignocellulose-based biorefinery. The food wastes that have been investigated include the residues of the industrial transformation of tomato, lemon, carrot and fennel, i.e. some most typical cultivation of the Italian agro-industrial sector. This two types of waste biomass have been investigated for their potential as sources of value added molecules and bioenergy.
The waste- based biorefinery for the sustainable production of energy and value added molecules
Di Donato, Paola;
2019-01-01
Abstract
The vegetable waste biomass is produced by several production chains like agriculture, agro- and food industries. Such biomass represents the renewable feedstock for a waste-based biorefinery, an industrial model that plays a key role in a bio-economy system, an innovative economy model that is based on the sustainable use of renewable resources in agriculture and industry, and that takes in account biodiversity and environmental protection (1). In this frame, the identification of starting materials that are not in competition with food chain or other production chains coupled with the development of new technologies and processes, is one of the main issues for a waste- based biorefinery. Here we reported some examples for the re-use and valorization of two kinds of vegetable waste biomass: the energy crops’ residues (2, 3) and the wastes of food industry (4, 5) The crops selected, i.e. the giant reed (Arundo donax) and the cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) are among the annual crops and perennial herbaceous species that are object of increasing interest in relation to their use as feedstock for lignocellulose-based biorefinery. The food wastes that have been investigated include the residues of the industrial transformation of tomato, lemon, carrot and fennel, i.e. some most typical cultivation of the Italian agro-industrial sector. This two types of waste biomass have been investigated for their potential as sources of value added molecules and bioenergy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
