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Life-Cycle Assessment of Biorefineries
- 1st Edition - December 20, 2016
- Editors: Edgard Gnansounou, Ashok Pandey
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 5 8 5 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 5 8 6 - 0
Life-Cycle Assessment of Biorefineries, the sixth and last book in the series on biomass-biorefineries discusses the unprecedented growth and development in the emerging concept o… Read more
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Request a sales quoteLife-Cycle Assessment of Biorefineries, the sixth and last book in the series on biomass-biorefineries discusses the unprecedented growth and development in the emerging concept of a global bio-based economy in which biomass-based biorefineries have attained center stage for the production of fuels and chemicals.
It is envisaged that by 2020 a majority of chemicals currently being produced through a chemical route will be produced via a bio-based route. Agro-industrial residues, municipal solid wastes, and forestry wastes have been considered as the most significant feedstocks for such bio-refineries. However, for the techno-economic success of such biorefineries, it is of prime and utmost importance to understand their lifecycle assessment for various aspects.
- Provides state-of-art information on the basics and fundamental principles of LCA for biorefineries
- Contains key features for the education and understanding of integrated biorefineries
- Presents models that are used to cope with land-use changes and their effects on biorefineries
- Includes relevant case studies that illustrate main points
Chapter 1: Classification of Biorefineries Taking into Account Sustainability Potentials and Flexibility
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Classification Systems
- 1.3 Revisiting the Classification System—Goals and Scopes of Biorefineries
- 1.4 Inclusion of Sustainability in the Classification System
- 1.5 Inclusion of Flexibility
- 1.6 The Rationale of Public and Private Incentives: The Role of Classification
- 1.7 Conclusions and Perspectives
Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment and Specificity of Biorefineries
- Abstract
- 2.1 Life Cycle Assessment: From Infancy to a Standardized Methodology
- 2.2 Definition of the Goal and Scope
- 2.3 Life Cycle Inventory
- 2.4 Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA)
- 2.5 Interpretation
- 2.6 Imprecision, Uncertainties and Meaningfulness in LCA
- 2.7 Extension of Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
- 2.8 Conclusion and Perspectives
Chapter 3: Life-Cycle Assessment of Agricultural Feedstock for Biorefineries
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Agricultural Residues
- 3.3 Agricultural Crops
- 3.4 Overall Comparison of Feedstocks and Land-Use Change Effects
- 3.5 Conclusions and Perspectives
Chapter 4: Life Cycle Assessment of Sugar Crops and Starch-Based Integrated Biorefineries
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Objectives and Scope
- 4.3 Process Design
- 4.4 Comparative LCA
- 4.5 Conclusions and Perspectives
- Appendix Combustion performance of 1 MJ of lignocellulosic feedstock (bagasse)
Chapter 5: Life Cycle Assessment of Vetiver-Based Biorefinery With Production of Bioethanol and Furfural
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Process Description
- 5.3 Experiments and Data Inventory
- 5.4 Life Cycle Assessment
- 5.5 Conclusions and Perspectives
Chapter 6: Life Cycle Assessment of Thermochemical Conversion of Empty Fruit Bunch of Oil Palm to Bio-Methane
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Hydrothermal Gasification: Process Design
- 6.3 Life Cycle Inventory
- 6.4 Impact Assessment
- 6.5 Conclusions and Perspectives
Chapter 7: Life Cycle Assessment of Algal Biorefinery
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Process Description
- 7.3 Life Cycle Inventory
- 7.4 Sensitivity Analysis
- 7.5 Impact Assessment
- 7.6 Conclusions and Perspectives
Chapter 8: Life Cycle Assessment and Land-Use Changes: Effectiveness and Limitations
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 A Typology of LUCs
- 8.3 Complexity of LUC Mechanisms
- 8.4 Monitoring: Use of Historical Data and Statistical Analysis
- 8.5 Expert-Based Opinions
- 8.6 Economic Equilibrium Models
- 8.7 Accuracy of Biofuels Chains’ LCAs: Importance of Accounting for LUC Effects
- 8.8 Conclusions and Perspectives
Chapter 9: Modeling Land-Use Change Effects of Biofuel Policies: Coupling Economic Models and LCA
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Main Economic Models
- 9.3 Main Coupling Approaches
- 9.4 Typical Implementation and Results
- 9.5 Implementation in Biofuels Policy and Regulation
- 9.6 Conclusions and Perspectives
- Annex 9.1 Selected Model Applications to Assess the LUC Effects of Biofuel Policies
Chapter 10: Towards an Integrated Sustainability Assessment of Biorefineries
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Sustainability Definition
- 10.3 Limitations of LCA
- 10.4 Other Environmental Issues
- 10.5 Economic Issues
- 10.6 Social Issues
- 10.7 Multicriteria and Multiactor Assessment
- 10.8 Assessment Perspectives and Development
- 10.9 Conclusions and Perspectives
- No. of pages: 322
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 20, 2016
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780444635853
- eBook ISBN: 9780444635860
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