LAB RDI Journal

Use of NIR technologies in agro-biomass quality monitoring

Development of new digital technologies for quality verification could promote utilisation of field biomasses in bioeconomy. In BioCarbonValue project, LAB conducted a weathering test in laboratory to monitor the possible decay in straw quality during storage by using Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIR) and by analysing microbiological and chemical properties. This article introduces NIR as a possible solution for quality monitoring and describes how storing conditions may impact to the straw quality.