Energy efficiency procedures for agricultural machinery used in onion cultivation (Allium fistulosum) as an alternative to reduce carbon emissions under the clean development mechanism at Aquitania (Colombia)

The International Congress of Mechanical Engineering and Agricultural Sciences 2013

机械制造;农业科学

Ochoa, K.^1 ; Carrillo, S.^1 ; Gutierrez, L.^1

School of Engineering, Cleaner Production Research Group (CHOC IZONE), El Bosque University, Carrera 9 No, 131 A-02, Bogotá, Colombia^1

关键词: Carbon emissions;    Clean Development Mechanism;    Colombia;    Field efficiency;    National Grid;    Solar and wind energies;    United nations framework convention on climate changes;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/59/1/012008/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/59/1/012008

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Climate change has both causes and consequences over agriculture. This paper focuses on the first element and presents scenarios for ASOLAGO -an onion cropper's association in Colombia with 250 members- to reduce their carbon footprint. It evaluates a case study at La Primavera farm using a methodology approved by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Land preparation and crop irrigation were analyzed as stages in order to propose energy efficiency alternatives for both the farm and the association. They include field efficiency, fuel economy and energy efficiency from biofuels for the first stage as well as solar and wind energy supply for the second. A cost-benefit analysis to generate additional income selling additional power produced by the system to the National Grid was done.