A New Technological Application Field for Lavender and Economic Profit Analysis for Agricultural Producers

Year 2023, Volume: 13 Issue: 3, 2185 - 2194, 01.09.2023

Ayça Nur Şahin Demirel Fatmagül Bagı Bünyamin Yıldırım Serkan Demirel

https://doi.org/10.21597/jist.1274733

Abstract

Nowadays, the energy and agriculture sectors are united for financial efficiency, and it brought the question to minds “can be stored the electrical energy that used in agriculture with an agricultural product?”. In this study, lavender essential oil, it obtained from Lavandula angustifolia, was used as a part of energy storage system. The essential oil was produced by distillation method. To energy storage performance analysis, the simple electrochemical capacitor was formed with platin foils and lavender essential oil. The capacitor application performances showed that the lavender essential oil can energy storage up to 4 Voltages (V). A capacity of 92 milli-Farad per cm2 (mF/cm2) was obtained with Lavender essential oil in the range of 0-4 V, and this value showed that lavender essential oil can be used in capacitors, as an electrolyte material. The results when evaluated in terms of agricultural economics, 1 million capacitors with a size of 1 cm2 can be produced with 1 ton lavender crops production per decare. Moreover, with lavender capacitors, the amount of energy required for a farm of 1000 hectares can be stored with 1000 capacitors of 10 cm2. Also, the stored energy is more than the farm's annual energy consumption, saving the farm ~534 USD annually on energy costs. In the case that all farm energy is produced with renewable energy sources, the annual profit is calculated as ~23697 USD. Also, the exploring of electrochemical capacitor electrolyte property of lavender essential oil could create an alternative sales pitch for agricultural producers.

Keywords

Agriculture economy, Capacitor, Electrolyte, Energy storage, Lavender

Supporting Institution

TÜRKİYE BİLİMSEL VE TEKNOLOJİK ARAŞTIRMA KURUMU (TÜBİTAK)

Project Number

120F319

Thanks

This study was financially supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Grant No:120F319)

Lavanta İçin Yeni Bir Teknolojik Uygulama Alanı ve Tarımsal Üreticiler İçin Ekonomik Kar Analizi

Abstract

Enerji ve tarım sektörlerinin finansal verimlilik için birleştiği günümüzde, “tarımda kullanılan elektrik enerjisi bir tarım ürünü ile depolanabilir mi?” sorusunu akıllara getirmiştir. Bu çalışmada, enerji depolama sisteminin bir parçası olarak Lavandula angustifolia'dan elde edilen lavanta esansiyel yağı kullanılmıştır. Uçucu yağ damıtma yöntemiyle üretilmiştir. Enerji depolama performans analizi için platin folyolar ve lavanta esansiyel yağı ile basit elektrokimyasal kondansatör oluşturulmuştur. Kondansatör uygulama performansları, lavanta esansiyel yağının 4 Volt'a (V) kadar enerji depolayabildiğini göstermiştir. Lavanta esansiyel yağı ile 0-4 V aralığında 92 mili-Farad/cm2 (mF/cm2) kapasite elde edilmiş ve bu değer lavanta esansiyel yağının kapasitörlerde elektrolit malzemesi olarak kullanılabileceğini göstermiştir. Sonuçlar tarım ekonomisi açısından değerlendirildiğinde dekara 1 ton lavanta bitkisi üretimi ile 1 cm2 büyüklüğünde 1 milyon kapasitör üretilebilmektedir. Ayrıca lavanta kondansatörler ile 1000 hektarlık bir çiftlik için gereken enerji miktarı 10 cm2'lik 1000 kondansatör ile depolanabilmektedir. Ayrıca, depolanan enerji, çiftliğin yıllık enerji tüketiminden daha fazladır ve çiftliğin enerji maliyetlerinde yılda ~534 USD tasarruf sağlar. Çiftlik enerjisinin tamamının yenilenebilir enerji kaynakları ile üretilmesi durumunda yıllık kar ~23697 USD olarak hesaplanmıştır. Ayrıca, lavanta esansiyel yağının elektrokimyasal kapasitör elektrolit özelliğinin araştırılması, tarım üreticileri için alternatif bir satış sahası oluşturabilir.

Keywords

Tarım Ekonomisi, Kapasitör, Elektrolit, Enerji Depolama, Lavanta

Project Number

120F319

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