title: Bio-drying of grape marc and other biomass: a comparison.
abstract: The winery industry produces every year in the world about 270 millions of hectolitres of wine. A consequent amount of grape marc is then generated that has to be somehow treated and processed. For this reason a technique to treat grape marc (bio-drying) was studied and applied at the University of Trento. Grape marc, as is, is not suitable for direct combustion because of its high water content. By bio-drying the lower heating value has been increased up to the limit for a good combustion. This result allows a decentralized management of a grape marc drying differently from the conventional solutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Trento, via Mesiano 77, 38050, Trento, Italy. Elena.Rada@ing.unitn.it
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Rada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ragazzi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fiori
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Antolini
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D018533:Biomass; D002947:Cities; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D027843:Vitis / Q000737:chemistry*; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste