An introduction to life cycle assessment with hands-on experiments for biodiesel production and use

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e67-e76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Farrell ◽  
Eduardo Cavanagh
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Hands On

The use of the risk assessment in the life cycle assessment framework

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Francesca Milazzo ◽  
Francesco Spina
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Complete Analysis ◽  
Transfer Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Human Health Impacts

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to quantify the human health impacts of soy-biodiesel production with the aim to discuss about its environmental sustainability. Design/methodology/approach – The integrated use of two current approaches, risk assessment (RA) and life cycle assessment (LCA), has allowed improvement of the potentialities of both in obtaining a more complete analysis. The implementation of a life cycle indicator for the assessment of the impacts on the human health, integrating the features of both approaches, is the main focus of this paper. Findings – It has been found that, although the biodiesel is a green fuel, it has some criticalities in its life cycle, which cannot be disregarded. In fact, even if biodiesel is essentially a clean fuel there are some phases, prior to the industrial phase, that can cause negative effects on human health and ecosystems. Practical implications – Results suggest some measures which can be adopted to substantially reduce human health impacts. Further alternative could be analysed in future to gain more insight about the use of biodiesel fuels. Originality/value – The estimation of the impacts of a process producing biodiesel has been made by using a novel approach. The novelty is associated with the calculation of the impacts on human health by using the transfer factors applied in RA. The use of such factors, properly modified in order to estimate the impacts on a wider scale than a site-dimension, allows defining a holistic approach, as LCA and RA are used as complete units but at the same time can be related to each other.

Life-Cycle Assessment of Potential Algal Biodiesel Production in the United Kingdom: A Comparison of Raceways and Air-Lift Tubular Bioreactors

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 4062-4077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna L. Stephenson ◽  
Elena Kazamia ◽  
John S. Dennis ◽  
Christopher J. Howe ◽  
Stuart A. Scott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Algal Biodiesel ◽  
Air Lift

scholarly journals The advances and limitations in biodiesel production: feedstocks, oil extraction methods, production, and environmental life cycle assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-294
Author(s):  
Konstantin Pikula ◽  
Alexander Zakharenko ◽  
Antonios Stratidakis ◽  
Mayya Razgonova ◽  
Alexander Nosyrev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Oil Extraction ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment

scholarly journals Eco-efficiency Level of Production Process of Waste Cooking Oil to be Biodiesel with Life Cycle Assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 10004
Author(s):  
Sri Hartini ◽  
Diana Puspitasari ◽  
Nabila Roudhatul Aisy ◽  
Yusuf Widharto
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Waste Cooking Oil ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Cooking Oil

Lack of awareness and knowledge of environmental protection, many people discard cooking oil waste. According to several studies, cooking oil waste can be processed into more valuable products through certain processes that require energy and material. Biodiesel is an example. Beside biodiesel, the production process also produces non-product output. Thus, efforts to utilize cooking oil waste into more valuable products also have a negative impact on the environment. This study aims to measure the environmental impact of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil and compare it if it is discharged to landfill without the recycling process. Measurement of environmental impacts is carried out using a Life Cycle Assessment. Measurement of the environmental impact of biodiesel processing from cooking oil waste is based on a process carried out at a research institute. The measurement results state that the disposal of cooking oil waste has an adverse effect on the ecotoxicity category. Whereas the processing of cooking oil waste into biodiesel has advantages in the categories of climate change, the formation of photochemical oxidants, fine dust, oil and gas depletion, and water pressure indicators. the level of eco efficiency from processing waste cooking oil to biodiesel produces a value close to one which means that the production process is affordable but not yet sustainable.

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Biodiesel Production from Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) and Rapeseed Oil Obtained under Spanish Conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 5280-5286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Dufour ◽  
Jesús Arsuaga ◽  
Jovita Moreno ◽  
Hely Torrealba ◽  
Javier Camacho
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Rapeseed Oil ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Cynara Cardunculus ◽  
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment

scholarly journals Life cycle assessment of biodiesel production from algal bio-crude oils extracted under subcritical water conditions

2014 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 454-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sundaravadivelnathan Ponnusamy ◽  
Harvind Kumar Reddy ◽  
Tapaswy Muppaneni ◽  
Cara Meghan Downes ◽  
Shuguang Deng
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Subcritical Water ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Crude Oils ◽  
Water Conditions
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