| Abstract |
In this paper, biomass potential produced from agricultural crops and generation of electricity using biomass have been calculated for the regions of Turkey between years of 2008-2018. The total amount of agricultural crop was calculated to be 771,354 kiloton (kt) of which amount 599,166 kt was arable field crops and 172,188 kt was horticultural crops. Moreover, the total amount of theoretical average biomass potential provided from arable field crops and horticultural crops in Turkey have been calculated as 522,875 kt and 51,359 kt dry mass, respectively. The Central Anatolia Region and the Mediterranean Region have the maximum theoretical biomass potential provided from the arable field crops and horticultural crops with 139,453 kt and 14,591 kt dry mass, respectively. In accordance with data collected from the Turkish Energy Ministry, electricity used in the period 2008-2018 amounts to 2,726 x 10(9) kWh for Turkey while the electricity potential obtained from agricultural crops for the same years about 994 x 10(9) kWh. Namely, 36% of the energy requirement can be met from biomass potential from agricultural crops. Furthermore, a circular economy model has been developed for the Mediterranean Region and discounted payback period is found to be 14 years in this study. (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |