Rodriguez Caceres K., Blanco Patino F., Araque Duarte J., Kafarov V., 2016, Assessment of the Energy Potential of Agricultural Residues in Non-Interconnected Zones of Colombia: Case Study of Chocó and Putumayo, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 50, 349-354.
The non-interconnected zones (ZNI, for its initials in Spanish) of Colombia correspond to regions that are not connected to the national system of generation and transmission of electricity. They are characterized by low population density and long distance from urban centers with difficulty access. However, in these regions there are a wide availability of resources in residual biomass from agricultural, industrial and forestry activities, which are not being given proper and productive use. The objective of this research was to evaluate the energy potential of crop residues of two departments in Colombia: Chocó and Putumayo, in order to know the energy potential of the waste for possible use in conversion thermochemical or biological process. For this study, the crops with greater crop area and annual production were selected in the two departments for a total of nine crop residues. One sampling of each of these residues was collected to determine the Residue to Product Ratio (RPR) and to analyze their calorific value. As a result, the potential of crop residues in Chocó and Putumayo was estimated corresponds to an energy potential of 397 GJ/y or 67.7 MWh.
