Avaliação do Desempenho Ambiental do Aproveitamento do Biogás em Fecularias de Mandioca no Estado do Paraná

The production of cassava process generates waste with high organic loads and toxic components. The industries in this sector deal with this waste, most of the time in anaerobic stabilization ponds where they form biogas, a pollutant gas that is released into the atmosphere indiscriminately, can imp...

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Autores principales: Celso Eduardo Guimarães, Cláudia Echevenguá Teixeira, Cláudia Brito Silva Cirani, Mario Roberto dos Santos
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Publicado: Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.21527/2237-6453.2017.39.171-202
https://doaj.org/article/70f05b239a8746e396677afb31ef4315
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Sumario:The production of cassava process generates waste with high organic loads and toxic components. The industries in this sector deal with this waste, most of the time in anaerobic stabilization ponds where they form biogas, a pollutant gas that is released into the atmosphere indiscriminately, can impact on the greenhouse effect. However, the biogas can be recovered these ponds through biodigester technology and, in turn, tapped to feed the boilers to replace firewood in these industries, generating energy and reducing impact on the environment. This article was then assess the environmental performance of energy use of biogas technology in cassava processing industries of Paraná, through selected eight indicators from the Global Reporting Initiative protocol (GRI). Indicators were selected aspects related to material consumption, atmospheric emissions, water consumption, energy consumption and emission of effluents. Thus, the research method was qualitative, using quantitative values for performance indicators in case studies in three potato starch manufacturers Paraná. The main results of this study suggest that the use of biogas system has positive environmental benefits such as decreased use of firewood businesses and reducing atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases. One company saved 95% of wood and in all cases; there was improvement in operating performance of the companies evaluated. Research has shown that the use of biogas in agribusiness operations is an innovative initiative and presented significant practical results.