Assessment of the Biogas Production Potential within the Slovak Spirits Industry
The Slovak spirits industry has a stable position within the alcoholic beverages industry in the Slovak Republic. However, its production process causes significant environmental stress on nature. The industry can use roughly only 10% of the raw materials. This means a significant amount of waste is...
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| author | Beňuš Ondrej Bielik Peter Turčeková Natália Adamičková Izabela |
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| description | The Slovak spirits industry has a stable position within the alcoholic beverages industry in the Slovak Republic. However, its production process causes significant environmental stress on nature. The industry can use roughly only 10% of the raw materials. This means a significant amount of waste is produced during the distillation process. We investigated the biogas production potential within the Slovak distilleries producing spirits for final consumption when we compared the production of spirits between the years 2010 and 2019. Biogas production potential is calculated as an ideal situation when all spent wash from spirits producing distilleries is used for biogas production. The potential energy gain is also calculated in kWh based on the already available research in the field of biogas production. We conducted that the total biogas potential of the Slovak spirits industry could reach 15,886,053 kWh in terms of electricity and 22,946,177 kWh in terms of heat energy if we calculate energy potential according to the spirits production in the year 2019. The total combined energy potential generated during the reuse of waste from distilleries could reach 38,832,230 kWh. The biogas production in these facilities has also a positive side effect. If distilleries use the heat energy for the distillation process, the amount of greenhouse emissions will also be declining. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1036ee00cf5d4908a77b5e3fde81ab8d2022-12-21T21:19:28ZengSciendoVisegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development1339-33672021-06-011011510.2478/vjbsd-2021-0001Assessment of the Biogas Production Potential within the Slovak Spirits IndustryBeňuš Ondrej0Bielik Peter1Turčeková Natália2Adamičková Izabela3Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, SlovakiaSlovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, SlovakiaSlovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, SlovakiaSlovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, SlovakiaThe Slovak spirits industry has a stable position within the alcoholic beverages industry in the Slovak Republic. However, its production process causes significant environmental stress on nature. The industry can use roughly only 10% of the raw materials. This means a significant amount of waste is produced during the distillation process. We investigated the biogas production potential within the Slovak distilleries producing spirits for final consumption when we compared the production of spirits between the years 2010 and 2019. Biogas production potential is calculated as an ideal situation when all spent wash from spirits producing distilleries is used for biogas production. The potential energy gain is also calculated in kWh based on the already available research in the field of biogas production. We conducted that the total biogas potential of the Slovak spirits industry could reach 15,886,053 kWh in terms of electricity and 22,946,177 kWh in terms of heat energy if we calculate energy potential according to the spirits production in the year 2019. The total combined energy potential generated during the reuse of waste from distilleries could reach 38,832,230 kWh. The biogas production in these facilities has also a positive side effect. If distilleries use the heat energy for the distillation process, the amount of greenhouse emissions will also be declining.https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2021-0001spirits industrywaste productionbiogas |
| spellingShingle | Beňuš Ondrej Bielik Peter Turčeková Natália Adamičková Izabela Assessment of the Biogas Production Potential within the Slovak Spirits Industry Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development spirits industry waste production biogas |
| title | Assessment of the Biogas Production Potential within the Slovak Spirits Industry |
| title_full | Assessment of the Biogas Production Potential within the Slovak Spirits Industry |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of the Biogas Production Potential within the Slovak Spirits Industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the Biogas Production Potential within the Slovak Spirits Industry |
| title_short | Assessment of the Biogas Production Potential within the Slovak Spirits Industry |
| title_sort | assessment of the biogas production potential within the slovak spirits industry |
| topic | spirits industry waste production biogas |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2021-0001 |
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