Comparative life cycle assessment study on environmental impact of oil production from micro-algae and terrestrial oilseed crops
| Autor: | Angelo Fierro, Angela Dibenedetto, Daniele Spinelli, Elena Busi, Sabina Jez, M. Aresta, Riccardo Basosi |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Jez, Sabina, Spinelli, Daniele, Fierro, Angelo, Di Benedetto, Antonella, Aresta, Michele, Busi, Elena, Basosi, Riccardo |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Agricultural Fossil Fuels Technology Engineering Environmental Engineering 020209 energy Bioengineering 02 engineering and technology Environment 010501 environmental sciences Raw material 01 natural sciences Biogas 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Production (economics) Waste Management and Disposal Life-cycle assessment 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Biodiesel Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Fossil fuel Environmental engineering General Medicine Biofuel Biofuels Sustainability business |
| Zdroj: | Bioresource Technology. 239:266-275 |
| ISSN: | 0960-8524 |
| Popis: | In this study the LCA methodology is applied in order to satisfy two goals: i) to evaluate the hot spots in site-specific production chain of biodiesel from terrestrial and micro-algae feedstock; ii) to compare quantitatively, utilizing primary data, the impacts of the first generation in respect to the third generation bio-fuels. Results show that micro-algae are neither competitive yet with traditional oil crops nor with fossil fuel. The use of renewable technologies as photovoltaics and biogas self production might increase the competitiveness of micro-algae oil. Further investigations are however necessary to optimize their production chain and to increase the added value of co-products. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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