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GONZALEZ, Juan Elías et al. Biomass Potential and Kinetics of Drying Model of Piptocoma discolor (pigüe) as a Source of Renewable Energy Source in Ecuador. Enfoque UTE [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.1, pp.74-90. ISSN 1390-6542.  https://doi.org/10.29019/enfoqueute.695.

The importance of Piptocoma discolor is a predominantly fast-growing native species of secondary forest ideal for a sustainable forest due to its predominance in the Amazon of Ecuador and Latin America. Currently it is wood and its waste does not have an alternative to produce electricity. Scarce information on its biomass potential and energy value. The objective was to obtain fresh biomass and drying kinetics, we worked in the four cantons of the Pastaza province with 20 plots of 400 m. and 600 m. that had an average of 15 to 20 trees, whose chest height diameters ranged from 10 and 33 cm., Establishing the following values: a) Average number of trees per hectare (1274 NA2/ha); b) Biomass in 100 987 hectares with an average of 41 097 686.87 tons, which means that it contributes with 49.72 % of water and 50.28 % of solid matter; c) A kinetic model of R2 = 0.9855, the estimate of a = 1.1318, k = 0.0637765, n = 0.560617 and b = -0.193993, based on a standard error of 0.0301682 and residual autocorrection of 0.182239 on drying kinetics; and d) Total energy means more than 13.5 GW of thermal energy using 100 % biomass.

Palabras clave : biomass; renewable energy source; biofuel; Piptocoma discolor.

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