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Alissa kendall 2010 life cycle assessment of biofuels. Life cycle assessment of biofuels 101 great lakes bioenergy. Human health impacts of aviation biofuel production. The use of environmental lifecycle analysis for evaluating biofuels deepak rajagopal and david zilberman lifecycle analysis lca, the methodology used to assess the impact of producing biofuels on greenhouse gas emissions ghg, may lead to flawed policy implications as it. Global evaluation of biofuel potential from microalgae pnas. Greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels and bioenergy. Although parameters such as resource and land use, along with infrastructure, can be incorporated into lca algorithms, many have noted that the. A comparison of life cycle assessment studies of different biofuels.
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Biofuels are widely touted as viable, albeit not straightforward, alternatives to petroleumderived fuels. The modeling boundary for this study is from field to wheels. Life cycle assessment of biofuels 101 noaa climate. Life cycle assessment for microalgae oil production.
Life cycle assessment for biofuels science inventory us epa. Department of energy s bioeconomy 2017 conference, held july 1112, 2017 in arlington, va. The aim is to understand the main drivers for environmental impacts in the production of. Lifecycle assessment of transportation biofuels from. Apr 23, 2015 microemulsionbased biofuel me50 is considered a promising renewable transportation fuel as well as a feasible substitute for diesel fuel. Microemulsionbased biofuel me50 is considered a promising renewable transportation fuel as well as a feasible substitute for diesel fuel. Life cycle assessment of cellulosic biofuel production with ionic liquid pretreatment subject. Life cycle assessment on biofuel derived from sweet sorghum. We present a life cycle assessment of the global commodity ethanol, produced from different feedstock and geographical origin. Life cycle assessment of biobased ethanol produced from. Students should not get an impression that biomass is carbon neutral.
The environmental impacts of different types of biofuels used in switzerland have been compared in a detailed life cycle assessment. A tool that project proponents may want to use when considering their projects and arena will use to measure the. This study forms an important scientific input for the political decission on tax regulations for biofuels. The life cycle assessment modeling approach follows the methodology described in hsu et al. Mckone is the lead author of a report titled grand challenges for lifecycle assessment of biofuels, which was funded by a grant from the energy biosciences institute ebi, a partnership.
Life cycle assessment procedure lca is a protocol for assessing the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product, process or activity. Consequential life cycle assessment of biogas, biofuel and biomass energy options within an arable crop rotation david styles 1, james gibbons, arwel p. Lifecycle assessment of brazilian transport biofuel and. Lifecycle analysis lca is an important tool used to assess the energy and environmental impacts of biofuels. This activity asks students to begin to consider the life cycle energy and carbon dioxide emission costs of gasoline. Department of agriculture climate change program office 1400 independence avenue, sw washington, dc 20250 prepared by icf 1725 i eye street washington, dc 20006. The purpose of the study was to conduct a life cycle assessment lca to quantify and compare the environmental and energy flows associated both with biodiesel and petroleumbased diesel. Life cycle assessment of biodiesel production in china. Lifecycle assessment of brazilian transport biofuel and electri. Ghg emissions conducted ghg lca of biofuel crops sources and sinks net greenhouse gas emissions15010050 0 50 100 greenhouse gas fluxes g co 2 ec m2 y1 15010050 0 50 100 ag. Life cycle analysis lca is an important tool used to assess the energy and environmental impacts of biofuels. Lifecycle assessment of cellulosic biofuel production with ionic liquid pretreatment presentation from the u.
Life cycle assessment for biofuels science inventory. To best determine their utilization, many practitioners turn to lifecycle assessment lca to ascertain the environmental footprint. Li g, lu z t, zhang j, li h, zhou y g, zayan a m i, et al. This study is based in the year 2022, when pyrolysis conversion technology is assumed to be commercial and advanced system designs are available for all stages of the fuel cycle.
Lca on biofuel has been started in recent years in china, there is larger gap compared with other countries, such as methodololy and database etc. The life cycle assessment lca was done in order to determine whether the actual remediation through biofuel cultivation, or the possible alternative option of excavationandrefill was the environmentally preferable option and to investigate strategies that would reduce impacts within each system. The concept of lca and its application to biofuels. The amounts of energy required in farming, meat processing, and baseline conversion to. Management and life cycle assessment of bioenergy crop. Challenges for biofuels new life cycle assessment report. Over a score of life cycle assessment lca studies on microalgae oil and biofuels production have been recently published, with a majority, but not all, concluding that algae biofuels could substantially reduce greenhouse gas ghg emissions, compared to fossil fuels. Lifecycle assessment of cellulosic biofuel production with. This activity tasks students to assess the life cycle energy and carbon dioxide emission costs of gasoline, corn ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol. A life cycle approach involves a cradletograve assessment, where the product is followed from its primal production stage involving its raw materials, through to its end use. Biofuels from hydrothermal liquefaction htl of abundantly available forest residues in british columbia bc can potentially make great contributions to reduce the greenhouse gas ghg emissions from the transportation sector.
This activity asks students to begin to consider the life cycle energy and carbon dioxide emission costs of gasoline, corn ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol. Attributional methodology for life cycle inventory analysis lci aims at describing environmentally relevant physical flows to and from a life cycle and its subsystems. The energy life cycle assessment for the production of biodiesel from rendered lipids in the united states is presented in this study. The presentation focuses on energy and biofuels, interesting environmental aspects of biofuels, and how to do a life cycle assessment with some examples related to biofuel systems. This activity asks students to begin to consider the life cycle energy and carbon dioxide emission costs of gasoline, corn ethanol and cellulosic ethanol. A number of life cycle assessment lca studies have pointed out biofuels could result in larger e ects. In essence, it is a budgeting process that accounts for all inputs raw materials and energy and outputs products, waste materials, and environmental impacting components such as co 2. A life cycle assessment based evaluation of a coupled wastewater treatment and biofuel production paradigm 1020 oxygen demand bod of the synthetic wastewater was 300 mgl and nutrients were fed in the form of ammo nium chloride, potassium phosphate mono and dibasic in a bod. Life cycle assessment and sustainability calculations for biofuel. The purpose of the study was to conduct a lifecycle assessment lca to quantify and compare the environmental and energy flows associated both with biodiesel and petroleumbased diesel. Different reports of this project are published on thehomepage of the swiss authority of energy.
Pdf life cycle assessment lca of biodiesel researchgate. Life cycle analysis lca is a tool used to account for inputs and outputs to complex systems. A publicly available lca tool for consistently examining lifecycle energy and emissions of vehiclefuel systems. Consequential life cycle assessment attributional life cycle assessment alca is an increasingly popular systems approach used to quantify resource. Life cycle assessment of energy and life cycle assessment of carbon.
This report includes the results of phase 1 of the study entitled comparison of biofuel life cycle assessment tools prepared by the ctbe team for the task 39 group commercializing liquid biofuels which is part of the bioenergy division of the international energy agency iea. Quantitative uncertainty analysis of life cycle assessment. However, it remains uncertain how aviation biofuel performs in terms of other sustainabilityrelated impacts. Biofuel inputoutput analysis life cycle assessment abstract this study aims to evaluate energy, economic, and environmental performances of seven categories of biodiesel feedstocks by using the mixedunit inputoutput life cycle assessment method. Ralph2, bojan tamburic2 1isa, school of physics a28, the university of sydney nsw 2006, australia 2plant functional biology and climate change cluster, university of technology sydney nsw 2007, australia corresponding author. Lifecycle analysis and the ecology of biofuels life sciences. Lifecycle assessment of biodiesel production from microalgae. A life cycle assessment based evaluation of a coupled. Management and life cycle assessment of bioenergy crop production. Life cycle assessment of the use of jatropha biodiesel in. Consequential life cycle assessment of biogas, biofuel and. Once ratified the kyoto protocol, spain arises the great challenge of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases. Three different scenarios were found eligible for analysis.
Ideally, it should include average data on each unit process within the life cycle. The utilization of nonrenewable fossil fuels as the main source of energy has raised many environmental concerns such as seawater pollution from oil spills. Rely on lca methodologies to evaluate and make comparisons to prove the ghg balance. Energy life cycle assessment for the production of. Among the measures proposed is the introduction of biofuels in the market, both for the transport sector and for the production of heat. Life cycle assessment of cellulosic biofuel production with ionic liquid pretreatment presentation from the u.
Life cycle free download as powerpoint presentation. When selecting alternative fuels, it is important to consider the relative advantages and disadvantages of each. Introduction worldwide, there is a growing interest in using bioenergy due to the environmental and economic concerns. Some effective models have been developed for life cycle. A number of unique features made wood pellet an ideal biofuel for heating in both smallscale combustion units and.
Pdf life cycle assessment lca of the biofuel production. Life cycle assessment of palm oil microemulsionbased biofuel. The first comprehensive lifecycle inventory lci for biodiesel produced in the united states from soybean oil was completed by sheehan et al. A publicly available lca tool for consistently examining life cycle energy and emissions of vehiclefuel systems available for free download at. The life cycle of jatropha biodiesel examined here includes jatropha cultivation, jatropha oil extraction, basecatalyzed jatropha oil transesterification to biodiesel, and combustion of blends of 5% b5, 10% b10, and 20% b20 biodiesel in indian locomotives. Hybrid lifecycle assessment of algal biofuel production. The stages of a biofuel lca are described, as are steps of lca practice. Discussion focuses on the effects of temperature on productivity, a geographically specific scalability assessment, monthly variability in productivity, and a comparison of modeled results with current nearterm productivity potentials reported in microalgae biofuel life cycle, technoeconomic, and scalability literature.
A life cycle assessment was conducted to quantify the ghg emissions of a hypothetic 100 million liters per year htl biofuel system in the coast region of bc. A lifecycle analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions of corn. Using life cycle assessment and technoeconomic analysis in a real options framework to inform the design of algal biofuel production facilities. Life cycle assessment of biodiesel production in china sai lianga. Mobility and international cooperation, wuppertal institut fur klima, umwelt, energie ggmbh, 10178 berlin, germany. Pdf life cycle assessment, ethanol, sugarcane, biofuel. Lifecycle assessment of cellulosic biofuel production with ionic liquid pretreatment subject. Request pdf lifecycle assessment of biofuels lifecycle assessment lca is a powerful tool to evaluate economic efficiency and environmental impacts of a product or processes. A presentation based on life cycle assessment lca for biofuels is given. Lifecycle assessment of biofuel production emergence.
Lifecycle assessment of biodiesel production from microalgae environ sci tech 2009 4364756481. Life cycle assessment of gasoline and diesel produced via. I conversion to biodiesel, ii rendering and conversion, and iii farming, rendering, and conversion. Biofuel has become popular as countries strive to reduce environmental impacts of carbon. A number of unique features made wood pellet an ideal biofuel for heating in both smallscale combustion units and largescale heating plants. This study investigated the life cycle environmental assessment lca of me50 production from palm oildiesel blends with ethanol and compared it with alternative biofuels, neat biodiesel b100 and biodieseldiesel blends b50. At its early age, the methodology was mainly dedicated to industrial products.
This preliminary lca for the production of gasoline and diesel via pyrolysis. Biofuel life cycle assessment lca and environmental. The method mostwidely utilized in the academic literature for the assessment of the efficiency of biofuels is lifecycle assessment. Life cycle assessment of biofuel production from microalgae cultivated in anaerobic digested wastewater. A lifecycle analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions of.
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