Life cycle assessment of green pilot-scale extraction processes to obtain potent antioxidants from rosemary leaves

2012 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 205-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Rodríguez-Meizoso ◽  
María Castro-Puyana ◽  
Pål Börjesson ◽  
Jose A. Mendiola ◽  
Charlotta Turner ◽  
...  
2018 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 666-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahjadi Hisan Farjana ◽  
Nazmul Huda ◽  
M.A. Parvez Mahmud ◽  
Candace Lang

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1875
Author(s):  
Jhessica Mosquera ◽  
Carol Rangel ◽  
Jogy Thomas ◽  
Angelica Santis ◽  
Paola Acevedo ◽  
...  

This study evaluates the performance of different agricultural by-products to identify the potential effect of independent variables, using as the dependent variable the biogas production. A Box–Behnken experimental design was carried out in a pilot-scale plant of four stirred stainless-steel digesters under mesophilic semi-continuous digestion. The results obtained support the creation of a technical framework to scale up the process and further evaluation of the potential environmental impacts through life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. A stable behaviour was achieved in 12 of the 13 experiments proposed. The highest value of daily biogas production was 2200.15 mL day−1 with a stabilization time of 14 days, an organic loading rate of 4 g VS feed daily, low C/N ratio and a 1:1 relation of nitrogen providers. The concentrations of CH4 remained stable after the production stabilization and an average biogas composition of 60.6% CH4, 40.1% CO2 and 0.3% O2 was obtained for the conditions mentioned above. Therefore, the real scale plant was estimated to manage 2.67 tonnes of residual biomass per day, generating 369.69 kWh day−1 of electricity. The LCA analysis confirms that the co-digestion process evaluated is a feasible and environmentally sustainable option for the diversification of the Colombian energy matrix and the development of the agro-industrial sector.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 5167-5175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Garcia-Garcia ◽  
Shahin Rahimifard ◽  
Avtar S. Matharu ◽  
Thomas I. J. Dugmore

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 332-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Pérez-López ◽  
Sara González-García ◽  
Clayton Jeffryes ◽  
Spiros N. Agathos ◽  
Edward McHugh ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Skinner ◽  
B. K. Stefanowski ◽  
D. Heathcote ◽  
A. Charlton ◽  
G. A. Ormondroyd

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
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pp. 5249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anda Fridrihsone ◽  
Arnis Abolins ◽  
Mikelis Kirpluks

A screening Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of tall oil-based bio-polyols suitable for rigid polyurethane (PU) foams has been carried out. The goal was to identify the hot-spots and data gaps. The system under investigation is three different tall oil fatty acids (TOFA)-based bio-polyol synthesis with a cradle-to-gate approach, from the production of raw materials to the synthesis of TOFA based bio-polyols at a pilot-scale reactor. The synthesis steps that give the most significant environmental footprint hot-spots were identified. The results showed the bio-based feedstock was the main environmental hot-spot in the bio-polyol production process. Future research directions have been highlighted.


2014 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 323-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Pérez-López ◽  
Sara González-García ◽  
R. Gabriela Ulloa ◽  
Jorge Sineiro ◽  
Gumersindo Feijoo ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 141 ◽  
pp. 514-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kemal Aganovic ◽  
Sergiy Smetana ◽  
Tara Grauwet ◽  
Stefan Toepfl ◽  
Alexander Mathys ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
George Barjoveanu ◽  
Oana-Alexandra Pătrăuțanu ◽  
Carmen Teodosiu ◽  
Irina Volf

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