Therefore, in order to have a correct assessment of the benefits from biodiesel, or biofuel in general, an energy life-cycle assessment must be conducted. Methods of Energy Life-Cycle Analysis. Energy life-cycle analysis, like any other life-cycle analysis, should follow the general guidelines established by ISO (2006). ISO 14040 defines LCA as ...
Life Cycle Assessment of a Palm Oil System with Simultaneous Production of Biodiesel and Cooking Oil in Cameroon. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44 (12) , 4809-4815. DOI: 10.1021/es100067p. Quentin Béchet, Andy Shilton, Oliver B. Fringer, Raul Muñoz and Benoit Guieysse .
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LCA of biodiesel from Jatropha, oil palm and soybean. Nils Rettenmaier . EUROCLIMA Workshop Campinas, Brazil, 30 November 2011. ifeu – Institute for Energy and. Environmental Research Heidelberg. Outline • Introduction • Life cycle assessment (LCA) of biodiesel • LCA methodology • Biofuels versus conventional (fossil) fuel • Jatropha biodiesel • Palm oil biodiesel • Soybean ...
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A Comparison of Life Cycle Assessment on Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and Physic Nut (Jatropha curcas Linn.) as Feedstock for Biodiesel Production in Indonesia ☆
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over biofuels made from palm oil primarily due the clearing of forestland and loss of biodiversity [3, 10, 11]. Figure 3: Life cycle of palm oil to biodiesel. 2.3 Biodiesel production from used cooking oil in Thailand (case 4) The fourth case study is from Thailand, where used cooking oil (UCO) is
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Therefore, this study aims to compare and validate the production of biodiesel from palm and jatropha using the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach. The assessment encompasses the cultivation of the crop, the oil extraction stage and finally, the biodiesel production stage. We found that to produce 1 tonne of jatropha biodiesel, the land area ...
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This assessment aims to investigate the life cycle assessment (LCA) of germinated oil palm seeds and the use of LCA to identify the stage/s in the production of germinated oil palm seeds that could contribute to the environmental load. The method for the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is modelled using SimaPro version 7, (System for ...
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This paper provides an analysis of the potential environmental impacts of biodiesel production from microalgae. High production yields of microalgae have called forth interest of economic and scientific actors but it is still unclear whether the production of biodiesel is environmentally interesting and which transformation steps need further adjustment and optimization.
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Novizar N, Dwi S (2010) Life cycle assessment of biodiesel production from palm oil and Jatropha oil in Indonesia. Biomass Asia workshop, Nov 29–Dec 01, 2010, Jakarta, Indonesia Google Scholar Parish F, Sirin A, Charman D et al (2008) Assessment on peatlands, biodiversity and climate change.
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Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6 depict the environmental impacts of the biodiesel life cycle. It should be noted that, as expected, the environmental impacts are much smaller when using waste cooking oils. According to the analysis, the process of alkaline catalysis with waste cooking oil is the one that presents lower overall environmental impact (it
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Therefore, in order to have a correct assessment of the benefits from biodiesel, or biofuel in general, an energy life-cycle assessment must be conducted. Methods of Energy Life-Cycle Analysis. Energy life-cycle analysis, like any other life-cycle analysis, should follow the general guidelines established by ISO (2006). ISO 14040 defines LCA as
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The life cycle of palm biodiesel production is divided into three stages. The first stage is the plantation (agricultural) stage, followed by the palm oil milling stage, and finally the transesterification process of palm biodiesel production. The system boundary used in this study is shown in Fig. 1.
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Therefore, this study aims to compare and validate the production of biodiesel from palm and jatropha using the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach. The assessment encompasses the cultivation of the crop, the oil extraction stage and finally, the biodiesel production stage. We found that to produce 1 tonne of jatropha biodiesel, the land area
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Thus, this life cycle assessment study was conducted to investigate the environmental impacts from the production and use of palm biodiesel produced using MPOB’s production technology. The results show that the environmental impact from the production of palm biodiesel is related to the use of methanol, while the use of palm biodiesel contributes to the impact categories of respiratory
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Life cycle assessment of palm oil biodiesel production in Thailand Article (PDF Available) in International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology 6(1):1-14 · January 2011 with 1,012 Reads
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Results of the first life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing certified and non-certified palm oil are in: RSPO-certified palm oil out performs non-certified for global warming and nature occupation. Links between palm oil production and environmental concerns, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and biodiversity loss, are driving a number of food brands towards sustainably sourced palm oil.
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This assessment aims to investigate the life cycle assessment (LCA) of germinated oil palm seeds and the use of LCA to identify the stage/s in the production of germinated oil palm seeds that could contribute to the environmental load. The method for the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is modelled using SimaPro version 7, (System for
Get PriceThe potential impact of using biodiesel rather than conventional diesel was investigated using a life cycle assessment (LCA) of rapeseed biodiesel. Biodiesel leads to reduced fossil fuel use and
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Life Cycle Assessment of a Palm Oil System with Simultaneous Production of Biodiesel and Cooking Oil in Cameroon. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44 (12),4809-4815. DOI: 10.1021/es100067p. Quentin Béchet, Andy Shilton, Oliver B. Fringer, Raul Muñoz and Benoit Guieysse .
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54 LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PALM BIODIESEL palm oil (after Indonesia), supplying about 12.8% of the global consumption of vegetable oils in 2009 and it is imperative that Malaysia emerges as one
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Life-cycle Assessment of Biodiesel Production from Microalgae Supplementary Data Laurent Lardon 1* Arnaud Hélias 1, Bruno.Sialve 2, Olivier.Bernard 2, Jean-Philippe Steyer1 1 INRA, UR50 Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l’Environnement, Avenue des Etangs, F-11100 Narbonne, France 2 Comore, INRIA, BP93, Sophia-Antipolis Cedex 06902, France Table S-1
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The life cycle analysis of biodiesel production from palm oil (PO) involves 3 stages: 1) Cultivation; 2) Oil Extraction and 3) Transesterification of PO. There are several different approaches to the production process. The enzyme catalyzed process, was investi- gated and its environmental performance was com-
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Biodiesel Education Program at the University of Idaho. If you are looking for any biodiesel related information, this website provides you with an unbiased information through peer-reviewed publications, videos, technical notes, and thousands to literature organized with the topics you are looking for. This should be the first (and probably the last) page you will need to get information
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the life cycle impact assessment. 2. METHODOLOGY The methodology developed in this study is based on the LCA. Goal and scope definition: the goal of this study is to evaluate the environmental performance of biodiesel production from palm oil based on a life cycle perspective. Impact assessment of the emissions is not included in this study. S. Pleanjai, S. H. Gheewala, and S.
Get PriceAlmost identical properties with petroleum-derived diesel make biodiesel one of the best options of renewable and sustainable fuel supply to the transportation sector. Thanks to plentiful sources of palm oil and reasonable cost, it can be a proper feedstock for biodiesel production in Malaysia. Still, there is a paucity of studies concerning the effects of palm biodiesel on the environment.
Get PriceSustainable palm oil in Europe: a life cycle thinking alternative to the European approach. The European Parliament wants to ensure sustainable palm oil in Europe, demanding certification approved by Europe to all vegetable oils entering the European markt. While this sounds logical, how about the use of vegetable oils? In this piece, our
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Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) and palm tree (Elaeis guianeensis) are crops with high biofuel yields, 7.6 m3 ha-1 y-1 of ethanol and 4 Mg ha-1 y-1 of oil, respectively. The joint production of these crops enhances the sustainability of ethanol. The objective of this work was comparing a traditional sugarcane ethanol production system (TSES) with a joint production system (JSEB), in which ethanol
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Energy supply and its security issues have been a hot topic recently. Consequently, the search for alternative fuel sources is receiving much attention and biodiesel is one of the most promising where palm oil is the main feedstock for the industry. This present study compared the environmental impact resulting from the production of biodiesel in Malaysia and Thailand using the life cycle...
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Life Cycle Assessment of microalgal based biofuel Pierre Collet 1, Daniele Spinelli2, Laurent Lardon, Arnaud Hélias1,3, Jean-Philippe Steyer1, Olivier Bernard4 1 INRA UR0050, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement, Avenue des Etangs, 11000 Narbonne,
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Evaluating the environmental performance of a production system producing both Oil palm cooking oil as biodiesel Life Cycle Assessment approach is best available tool (Frederiksson et al., 2006; Tan et al., 2004; 2002; Zemanek et al., 1999) Specific objectives –Assessing environmental impacts of
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Life cycle assessment of sugarcane ethanol and palm oil biodiesel joint production . By Simone Pereira Souza, Marcio Turra de Avila and Sérgio Almeida Pacca. Abstract. Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) and palm tree (Elaeis guianeensis) are crops with high biofuel yields, 7.6 m(3) ha (1) y(-)1 of ethanol and 4 Mg ha(-1) y(-1) of oil, respectively. The joint production of these crops enhances the
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emissions and energy balance throughout the life cycle the starting from the palm oil cultivation and continuing the to biodiesel production. In this study, we focused on palm oil based biodiesel production with distillation technology. The environmental impacts together with energy and water consumption were also
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2015-03-02· Life Cycle Assessment of a Biodiesel Production Unit. Priscilla Sieira 1, Erick B. F. Galante 1, *, Alvaro J. Boareto Mendes 1, Assed Haddad 2. 1 Instituto Militar de Engenharia, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Department of Civil Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Email
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Biodiesel Education Program at the University of Idaho. If you are looking for any biodiesel related information, this website provides you with an unbiased information through peer-reviewed publications, videos, technical notes, and thousands to literature organized with the topics you are looking for. This should be the first (and probably the last) page you will need to get information
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The life cycle analysis of biodiesel production from palm oil (PO) involves 3 stages: 1) Cultivation; 2) Oil Extraction and 3) Transesterification of PO. There are several different approaches to the production process. The enzyme catalyzed process, was investigated and its environmental performance was compared with the conventional alkali-catalyzed process by using life cycle analysis (LCA).
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