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| Author(s): |
Adriano Valentim Diotto
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2013-03-04 |
| Examining board members: |
Marcos Vinicius Folegatti;
Alberto Colombo;
Jose Geanini Peres;
Thiago Liborio Romanelli
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| Advisor: | Marcos Vinicius Folegatti |
| Abstract | |
The increase in the energy consumption and the pressure on the fossil fuel sources have increased the interest in the bioenergy crops, in order to have more sustainable options in the world energy matrix. Among the oilseeds available, Jatropha curcas L. is taken as a promising oil provider to biofuel production. As the interest in bioenergy crops increases, the interest in advanced analysis methods also increases, being able to evaluate the production systems not only economically, but also regarding sustainability. In this context, the analysis of energy flows has been widely used to evaluate and to compare different production systems, determining its input and output energy flows. A study about the inputs required to produce Jatropha in six areas in the state of São Paulo was done. It was determined the energy demand of the production system in dryland condition, and also the effect of drip and center pivot irrigation. In dryland conditions, the feasibility breakeven point between input and output was achieved with yields of 1.5 Mg ha-1 yr-1, without waste recovery and of 1.3 Mg ha-1 yr-1 if wastes are utilized in cogeneration. The factor that most influenced the energy embodiment was the intensive use of inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides, which accounted about 65% of the total embodied energy in the dryland systems. With irrigation, minimum yields to achieve the energy feasibility were 4.27 and 3.60 Mg ha-1 yr-1 respectively, for center pivot and drip, without using wastes in the energy cogeneration and 3.88 and 3.27 Mg ha-1 yr-1 when considering wastes in the evaluation. The direct energy consumption in the pressurization system was the most important factor in the irrigated production system, representing 55% on average. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/11960-7 - Energy analysis of Jatropha curcas crop irrigated by drip and center pivot sistems |
| Grantee: | Adriano Valentim Diotto |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct) |