caa a22 4500 606169911 CHVBK 20210128100714.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10098-014-0850-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10098-014-0850-4 Quantification and use of rice husk in decentralized electricity generation in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil [Elektronische Daten] [F. Mayer, P. Salbego, T. de Almeida, R. Hoffmann] Rice husk (RH) use in electricity generation can help mitigate environmental issues and generate profits, specifically in Rio Grande do Sul (RS) state, Brazil. The objectives of this study are to estimate the RH surplus in RS and evaluate the feasibility of its use in electricity generation. RH production in RS is estimated at 755 thousand tons per year, which is generated by 230 rice mills. Geographic Information System helped in showing RH's power capacity for each municipality in RS. This large amount of residue has a potential output of 479.5MW and 322.7 GWh per year. 43.1% of this potential comes from 214 mills (93% of total) whose power plants' capacity is lower than 800kW, thus classified as Micro Thermal Power Plants (MTPs). Sensitivity analysis demonstrates that the lower the MTP capacity, the more sensitive it is to economic parameters. Furthermore, all MTPs evaluated only showed profitability when Certificates of Emissions Reduction were included, showing the importance of such income. This study aims at presenting an overview of RH's energy potential inasmuch as the upside and downside of this kind of energy system. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Rice husk nationallicence Energy potential nationallicence Decentralized energy nationallicence Sensitivity analysis nationallicence Mayer F. Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul,, Brazil aut Salbego P. Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul,, Brazil aut de Almeida T. Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul,, Brazil aut Hoffmann R. Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul,, Brazil aut Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/4(2015-04-01), 993-1003 1618-954X 17:4<993 2015 17 10098 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0850-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0850-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mayer F. Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul,, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Salbego P. Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul,, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Almeida T. Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul,, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hoffmann R. Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul,, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/4(2015-04-01), 993-1003 1618-954X 17:4<993 2015 17 10098