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Cultivating perennial grasses on abandoned cropland for bioenergy production is a promising option to meet future renewable energy demands at lower risks for food security and environmental degradation. Studies on the potential environmental impacts of perennial grasses mostly focus on specific...

Author(s)
Iordan, C. M.; Giroux, B.; Næss, J. S.; Hu XiangPing; Cavalett, O.; Cherubini, F.
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2023, 98,
Abstract

In the life cycle assessment of bioethanol processes under choline chloride/urea (DES-U), choline chloride/lactic acid (DES-LA) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) pretreatment studied. As the net energy values under DES-U, DES-LA pretreatment was negative, which were - 4,107,023 MJ and - 643,449 MJ,...

Author(s)
Peng JianJun; Xu Yang; Zhu BaoPing; Yu HaiLong; Li Bin; Xu HuanFei
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Industrial Crops and Products, 2023, 191, Part B,
Abstract

Energy crops for biofuel production, especially switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), are of interest from a climate change perspective. Here, we use outputs from a crop growth model and life cycle assessment (LCA) to examine the global warming intensity (GWI; g CO2 MJ-1) and greenhouse gas (GHG)...

Author(s)
Kim, S.; Dale, B. E.; Martinez-Feria, R.; Basso, B.; Thelen, K.; Maravelias, C. T.; Landis, D.; Lark, T. J.; Robertson, G. P.
Publisher
Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
GCB Bioenergy, 2023, 15, 3, pp 319-331
Abstract

The number of micro-scale spirit distilleries worldwide has grown considerably over the past decade. With an onus on the distillery sector to reduce its environmental impact, such as carbon emissions, opportunities for increasing energy efficiency need to be implemented. This study explores the...

Author(s)
Schestak, I.; Spriet, J.; Black, K.; Styles, D.; Faragò, M.; Rygaard, M.; Williams, A. P.
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Journal of Environmental Management, 2023, 325, Part A,
Abstract

Biomass torrefaction is a promising method for carbon-neutral solid biofuel production. The economic feasibility and environmental pollution potential of the torrefaction operation are of great concern to developing a sustainable energy system. In this study, spent coffee grounds are selected as...

Author(s)
Zhang CongYu; Chen WeiHsin; Ho ShihHsin
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Biomass and Bioenergy, 2023, 168,
Abstract

To explore the economy and substitutability of agricultural waste-based liquid fuel in the whole life cycle, this paper takes ethyl levulinate as the study object, creatively designing the system boundary and establishing the economic analysis model for the preparation of liquid fuel from biomass...

Author(s)
Chen Zhuo; Li XueQin; Wang ZhiWei; Yang YanTao; Sun TangLei; Huhe TaoLi; Liu Peng; Li YanLing; Wu YouQing; Lei TingZhou; Qu JingShen
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Industrial Crops and Products, 2023, 192,
Abstract

Rising global prices, increasing energy demand, and increasing greenhouse gas have led to the use of biodiesel fuel. Biodiesel fuel is a suitable alternative to diesel in diesel engines. Therefore, it is critical to analyze the economic aspects to decrease the cost of biodiesel production by...

Author(s)
Esmaeili, H.
Publisher
Elsevier, Oxford, UK
Citation
Fuel Processing Technology, 2022, 230,
Abstract

The handling of multi-outputs in life cycle assessment (LCA) is a controversial topic in both LCA application practice and the literature. Although there is a prescribed hierarchy of how to deal with multi-outputs, which favors system expansion (including co-products and their upstream chains) as...

Author(s)
Krexner, T.; Kral, I.; Gronauer, A.; Medel-Jiménez, F. J.; Bauer, A.
Publisher
Sciendo, Warsaw, Poland
Citation
Bodenkultur: Journal of Land Management, Food and Environment, 2022, 72, 3, pp 113-121
Abstract

Purpose : The environmental impacts of breeding industries have been broadly studied and compared. However, environmental research on the rex rabbit breeding industry is scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the environmental impacts of two rex rabbit industry chains and verify which one...

Author(s)
Wang HeDa; Liu Jing; Li JinHua; Jia ZhiBin; Li ChongLei
Publisher
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany
Citation
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2022, 27, 3, pp 366-379
Abstract

This work conducts a life-cycle assessment (LCA) of ethanol production from sugarcane bagasse in the Indian context. A cradle-to-gate system boundary was considered, and a functional unit of 1 MJ of energy from ethanol was used. Eight pre-treatment technologies and four hydrolysis-fermentation...

Author(s)
Govind Murali; Yogendra Shastri
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Biofuels, 2022, 13, 2, pp 237-247

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