“Alternative Energy for the Food Industry” - pcaarrd - Department of ...
“Alternative Energy for the Food Industry” - pcaarrd - Department of ... “Alternative Energy for the Food Industry” - pcaarrd - Department of ...
4 PCARRD, together with the science and technology (S&T) community, ensures that only areas not devoted to the cultivation of food crops are targeted for the purpose. With the required production area of around 2.123 million (M) hectares, the program implementors focus on marginal areas not devoted for food crops cultivation, such as degraded grasslands, denuded uplands, lahar-affected areas, and mined waste areas for jatropha, while areas where rice, corn, and sugar cannot be productive because of limiting irrigation water, as well as rainfed rice areas, are being considered for sweet sorghum. To bolster its equal priority stance, PCARRD said that there is a need to develop or concentrate biofuel crops in agroecosystems where they can best perform without compromising the country’s food requirements. Towards this end, production systems that integrate jatropha in agroforestry and agricultural systems such as in coconut and hilly lands are also being explored under the NBP. (Ricardo R. Argana, S&T Service) # # # PFN No. 6715 January-–March 2009
5 Aklan researchers produce diesel additives from waste fats and oils Waste products of meat processing plants and food servers such as used animal fats and vegetable oils can be converted into biodiesel based on a study conducted by researchers of the Aklan State University (ASU). The product is a clear liquid without unpleasant smell with the same properties as mineral fossil diesel oil. Biodiesel may be used in a standard combustion engine without modifications and may also be blended with petroleum diesel to improve its quality. ASU researchers said that engine fueled by a mixture of 80 percent petroleum diesel and 20 percent biodiesel had lesser smoke emissions and lower engine noise compared to that fueled by pure petroleum diesel. Previous studies by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) and Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC)-Energy Development Corporation showed that biodiesel from vegetable oils and animal fats could match, if not surpass, petroleum diesel in terms of engine performance and lifespan. The problem of disposing the estimated 2,000 kilograms of waste animal fats and oils produced by meat product manufacturers and food servers in Kalibo, Aklan and Boracay Island every month motivated the ASU researchers to conduct the study. Biodiesel does not only provide a source of sustainable energy but also ensures a sustainable environment because it is renewable or recyclable.
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PCARRD, toge<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong> science and technology (S&T) community,<br />
ensures that only areas not devoted to <strong>the</strong> cultivation <strong>of</strong> food crops<br />
are targeted <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> purpose.<br />
With <strong>the</strong> required production area <strong>of</strong> around 2.123 million (M)<br />
hectares, <strong>the</strong> program implementors focus on marginal areas not<br />
devoted <strong>for</strong> food crops cultivation, such as degraded grasslands,<br />
denuded uplands, lahar-affected areas, and mined waste areas <strong>for</strong><br />
jatropha, while areas where rice, corn, and sugar cannot be productive<br />
because <strong>of</strong> limiting irrigation water, as well as rainfed rice areas, are<br />
being considered <strong>for</strong> sweet sorghum.<br />
To bolster its equal priority stance, PCARRD said that <strong>the</strong>re is<br />
a need to develop or concentrate bi<strong>of</strong>uel crops in agroecosystems<br />
where <strong>the</strong>y can best per<strong>for</strong>m without compromising <strong>the</strong> country’s<br />
food requirements. Towards this end, production systems that<br />
integrate jatropha in agro<strong>for</strong>estry and agricultural systems such as<br />
in coconut and hilly lands are also being explored under <strong>the</strong> NBP.<br />
(Ricardo R. Argana, S&T Service)<br />
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PFN No. 6715 January-–March 2009
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