Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Waste energy recovery improves price competitiveness of artificial forage from rapeseed straw

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Increasingly frequent droughts are causing repeated shortages of forage and are creating imbalances in the livestock economy in many parts of the world. More and more rapeseed is being cultivated for biodiesel production, and its straw has to be removed from fields to minimize disease vectors. Despite good drought resistance, rapeseed straw cannot replace forage because of its poor palatability. Our work objective was to design a pilot plant that would be the first of its kind to turn rapeseed straw into artificial forage on a commercial scale and would enable a first techno-economical assessment. Rapeseed straw is intracellularly disintegrated (by steam explosion technology which uses waste heat from a biogas station to minimize the energy demands) and subsequently enzymatically hydrolysed. A series of in vitro and in vivo analyses of nutrition quality were accompanied by a cost breakdown. The findings obtained in pilot scale dimensions revealed for the first time that rapeseed straw can be turned into artificial forage that has, according to the world standard forage price indicator, a relative feed value rated at the same level as alfalfa hay. However, despite energy savings, the cost of processing makes the cost of the artificial forage about 61% higher than conventional forage of the same quality. On the other hand, the potential for further reduction of production costs has been identified. It can be assumed that the price competitiveness can be achieved during extended periods of drought.

Graphical abstract

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

Abbreviations

RFV:

Relative feed value (Moore and Undersander 2002)

VS:

Volatile solids (Shirato and Yokozawa 2006)

LPC:

Labile pools of carbon (Shirato and Yokozawa 2006)

RPC:

Resistant pools of carbon (Shirato and Yokozawa 2006)

ADL:

Acid detergent lignin (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

NDF:

Neutral detergent fibre (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

P/P 0 :

Single point surface area (Maroušek et al. 2015)

BET:

Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area (Mardoyan and Braun 2015)

LSA:

Langmuir surface area (Mardoyan and Braun 2015)

MPA:

Micropore area (Mardoyan and Braun 2015)

ESA:

External surface area (Mardoyan and Braun 2015)

ΣI :

Sum of inhibitors (Maroušek et al. 2015)

ADG:

Average daily gain (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

CP:

Crude protein (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

EE:

Ether extract (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

PCV:

Packed cell volume (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

HM:

Haemoglobin (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

TP:

Total protein (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

AL:

Albumin (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

CR:

Creatinine (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

BUN:

Blood urea nitrogen (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

CH:

Cholesterol (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

NDICP:

Neutral detergent insoluble protein (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

ADIP:

Acid detergent insoluble protein (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

NDFD:

Neutral detergent fibre digestibility (Shrivastava et al. 2014)

References

  • Archer JA, Richardson EC, Herd RM, Arthur PF (1999) Potential for selection to improve efficiency of feed use in beef cattle: a review. Aust J Agric Res 50(2):147–162

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Arigbede OM, Tan ZL, Anele UY, Sun ZH, Tang SX, Han XF, Zeng B (2012) Effects of age and species on agronomic performance, chemical composition and in vitro gas production of some tropical multi-purpose tree species. J Agric Sci 150(6):725–737

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Castro E, Díaz MJ, Cara C, Ruiz E, Romero I, Moya M (2011) Dilute acid pretreatment of rapeseed straw for fermentable sugar generation. Biores Technol 102(2):1270–1276

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Díaz MJ, Cara C, Ruiz E, Romero I, Moya M, Castro E (2010) Hydrothermal pre-treatment of rapeseed straw. Biores Technol 101(7):2428–2435

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hasanuzzaman M, Fujita M (2011) Selenium pretreatment upregulates the antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification system and confers enhanced tolerance to drought stress in rapeseed seedlings. Biol Trace Elem Res 143(3):1758–1776

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hašková S (2017) Holistic assessment and ethical disputation on a new trend in solid biofuels. Sci Eng Ethics 23(2):509–519

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jeong TS, Um BH, Kim JS, Oh KK (2010) Optimizing dilute-acid pretreatment of rapeseed straw for extraction of hemicellulose. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 161(1–8):22–33

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kang KE, Jeong GT, Sunwoo C, Park DH (2012) Pretreatment of rapeseed straw by soaking in aqueous ammonia. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 35(1–2):77–84

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Karagöz P, Rocha IV, Özkan M, Angelidaki I (2012) Alkaline peroxide pretreatment of rapeseed straw for enhancing bioethanol production by same vessel saccharification and co-fermentation. Biores Technol 104:349–357

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Karaosmanoglu F, Tetik E, Gurboy B, Sanli I (1999) Characterization of the straw stalk of the rapeseed plant as a biomass energy source. Energy Sources 21(9):801–810

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kholif AE, Khattab HM, El-Shewy AA, Salem AZM, Kholif AM, El-Sayed MM, Mariezcurrena MD (2014) Nutrient digestibility, ruminal fermentation activities, serum parameters and milk production and composition of lactating goats fed diets containing rice straw treated with Pleurotus ostreatus. Asian Aust J Animal Sci 27(3):357

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lu X, Zhang Y, Angelidaki I (2009) Optimization of H2SO4-catalyzed hydrothermal pretreatment of rapeseed straw for bioconversion to ethanol: focusing on pretreatment at high solids content. Biores Technol 100(12):3048–3053

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mardoyan A, Braun P (2015) Analysis of Czech subsidies for solid biofuels. Int J Green Energy 12(4):405–408

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Maroušek J (2014) Novel technique to enhance the disintegration effect of the pressure waves on oilseeds. Ind Crops Prod 53:1–5

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Maroušek J, Itoh S, Higa O, Kondo Y, Ueno M, Suwa R, Kawamitsu Y (2012) The use of underwater high-voltage discharges to improve the efficiency of Jatropha curcas L. biodiesel production. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 59(6):451–456

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Maroušek J, Itoh S, Higa O, Kondo Y, Ueno M, Suwa R, Kawamitsu Y (2013a) Enzymatic hydrolysis enhanced by pressure shockwaves opening new possibilities in Jatropha Curcas L. processing. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 88(9):1650–1653

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Maroušek J, Itoh S, Higa O, Kondo Y, Ueno M, Suwa R, Kawamitsu Y (2013b) Pressure shockwaves to enhance oil extraction from Jatropha Curcas L. Biotechnol Biotechnol Equip 27(2):3654–3658

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Maroušek J, Myšková K, Žák J (2015) Managing environmental innovation: case study on biorefinery concept. Revista Técnica de la Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad del Zulia 38(3):216–220

    Google Scholar 

  • Maroušek J, Kolář L, Vochozka M, Stehel V, Maroušková A (2018) Biochar reduces nitrate level in red beet. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25(18):18200–18203

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mohammadi PP, Moieni A, Komatsu S (2012) Comparative proteome analysis of drought-sensitive and drought-tolerant rapeseed roots and their hybrid F1 line under drought stress. Amino Acids 43(5):2137–2152

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Moore JE, Undersander DJ (2002) Relative forage quality: an alternative to relative feed value and quality index. In Proceedings 13th annual Florida ruminant nutrition symposium, vol 32. pp 16–29

  • Mousavi SMM, Hosseini SZ, Resalati H, Mahdavi S, Garmaroody ER (2013) Papermaking potential of rapeseed straw, a new agricultural-based fiber source. J Clean Prod 52:420–424

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nabarlatz D, Farriol X, Montane D (2004) Kinetic modeling of the autohydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass for the production of hemicellulose-derived oligosaccharides. Ind Eng Chem Res 43(15):4124–4131

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Richards RA, Thurling N (1978) Variation between and within species of rapeseed (Brassica campestris and B. napus) in response to drought stress. I. Sensitivity at different stages of development. Aust J Agric Res 29(3):469–477

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ruosteenoja K, Markkanen T, Venäläinen A, Räisänen P, Peltola H (2018) Seasonal soil moisture and drought occurrence in Europe in CMIP5 projections for the 21st century. Clim Dyn 50(3–4):1177–1192

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schmid A (2010) MTBE degradation by hydrodynamic induced cavitation. Water Sci Technol 61(10):2591–2594

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sharma RK, Arora DS (2015) Fungal degradation of lignocellulosic residues: an aspect of improved nutritive quality. Crit Rev Microbiol 41(1):52–60

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shirato Y, Yokozawa M (2006) Acid hydrolysis to partition plant material into decomposable and resistant fractions for use in the Rothamsted carbon model. Soil Biol Biochem 38(4):812–816

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shrivastava B, Jain KK, Kalra A, Kuhad RC (2014) Bioprocessing of wheat straw into nutritionally rich and digested cattle feed. Sci Rep 4:6360

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Svärd A, Brännvall E, Edlund U (2015) Rapeseed straw as a renewable source of hemicelluloses: extraction, characterization and film formation. Carbohydr Polym 133:179–186

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Tofanica BM, Cappelletto E, Gavrilescu D, Mueller K (2011) Properties of rapeseed (Brassica napus) stalks fibers. J Nat Fibers 8(4):241–262

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wang ML, Zhao Y, Chen F, Yin XC (2004) Inheritance and potentials of a mutated dwarfing gene ndf1 in Brassica napus. Plant Breed 123(5):449–453

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wi SG, Chung BY, Lee YG, Yang DJ, Bae HJ (2011) Enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of rapeseed straw by popping pretreatment for bioethanol production. Biores Technol 102(10):5788–5793

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zadrazil F, Kamra DN, Isikhuemhen OS, Schuchardt F, Flachowsky G (1996) Bioconversion of lignocellulose into ruminant feed with white rot fungi—review of work done at the FAL, Braunschweig. J Appl Animal Res 10(2):105–124

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Business and Management, Brno University of Technology, Antonínská 548/1, 601 90, Brno, Czech Republic

    Stanislav Škapa

  2. The Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Okružní 517/10, 370 01, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

    Marek Vochozka

Authors
  1. Stanislav Škapa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Marek Vochozka
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Stanislav Škapa.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Škapa, S., Vochozka, M. Waste energy recovery improves price competitiveness of artificial forage from rapeseed straw. Clean Techn Environ Policy 21, 1165–1171 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-019-01697-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-019-01697-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation