scholarly journals LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF ARUNDO DONAX BIOMASS PRODUCTION IN A MEDITERRANEAN EXPERIMENTAL FIELD USING TREATED WASTEWATER

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Arcidiacono ◽  
Simona M.C. Porto
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Biomass Production ◽  
Arundo Donax ◽  
Treated Wastewater ◽  
Experimental Field

scholarly journals Life cycle assessment of biomass production in microalgae compact photobioreactors

GCB Bioenergy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela G. Silva ◽  
Richard Carter ◽  
Felipe L. M. Merss ◽  
Diego O. Corrêa ◽  
Jose V. C. Vargas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Biomass Production

scholarly journals A Life Cycle Assessment of Biomass Production from Energy Crops in Crop Rotation Using Different Tillage System

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6978
Author(s):  
Anna Vatsanidou ◽  
Christos Kavalaris ◽  
Spyros Fountas ◽  
Nikolaos Katsoulas ◽  
Theofanis Gemtos
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Biomass Production ◽  
Energy Crops ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
No Tillage ◽  
Cotton Crop ◽  
Tillage Practices

A three-year experiment was carried out in Central Greece to assess the use of different tillage practices (Conventional, Reduced, and No tillage) for seedbed preparation, in a double cropping per year rotation of irrigated and rainfed energy crops for biomass production for first- and second-generation biofuel production. A life cycle assessment (LCA) study was performed for the first year of crop rotation to evaluate the environmental impact of using different tillage practices, identifying the processes with greater influence on the overall environmental burden (hotspots) and demonstrating the potential environmental benefits from the land management change. LCA results revealed that fertilizer application and diesel fuel consumption, as well as their production stages, were the hot-spot processes for each treatment. In the present study, different tillage treatments compared using mass- and area-based functional unit (FU), revealing that reduced tillage, using strip tillage for spring crop and disc harrow for winter crops, and no tillage treatment had the best environmental performance, respectively. Comparison between the prevailing in the area monoculture cotton crop with the proposed double energy crop rotation adopting conservation tillage practices, using mass and energy value FU, showed that cotton crop had higher environmental impact.

scholarly journals Life cycle assessment study on polishing units for use of treated wastewater in agricultural reuse

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 3205-3212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurdan Büyükkamacı ◽  
Gökçe Karaca
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Treated Wastewater ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Uv Disinfection ◽  
Electric Grid ◽  
Cartridge Filter

Abstract A life cycle assessment (LCA) approach was used in the assessment of environmental impacts of some polishing units for reuse of wastewater treatment plant effluents in agricultural irrigation. These alternative polishing units were assessed: (1) microfiltration and ultraviolet (UV) disinfection, (2) cartridge filter and ultrafiltration (UF), and (3) just UV disinfection. Two different energy sources, electric grid mix and natural gas, were considered to assess the environmental impacts of them. Afterwards, the effluent of each case was evaluated against the criteria required for irrigation of sensitive crops corresponding to Turkey regulations. Evaluation of environmental impacts was carried out with GaBi 6.1 LCA software. The overall conclusion of this study is that higher electricity consumption causes higher environmental effects. The results of the study revealed that cartridge filter and UF in combination with electric grid mix has the largest impact on the environment for almost all impact categories. In general, the most environmentally friendly solution is UV disinfection. The study revealed environmental impacts for three alternatives drawing attention to the importance of the choice of the most appropriate polishing processes and energy sources for reuse applications.

Life Cycle Assessment of second generation bioethanol produced from low-input dedicated crops of Arundo donax L.

2016 ◽  
Vol 219 ◽  
pp. 589-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalia Zucaro ◽  
Annachiara Forte ◽  
Riccardo Basosi ◽  
Massimo Fagnano ◽  
Angelo Fierro
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Arundo Donax ◽  
Low Input ◽  
Second Generation Bioethanol ◽  
Arundo Donax L

scholarly journals Evaluation of herbaceous crops irrigated with treated wastewater for ethanol production

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2s) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Barbagallo ◽  
Antonio Barbera ◽  
Giuseppe L. Cirelli ◽  
Mirco Milani ◽  
Attilio Toscano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethanol Production ◽  
Biomass Production ◽  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Biomass Productivity ◽  
Arundo Donax ◽  
Pollutant Removal ◽  
Treated Wastewater ◽  
Italian Law ◽  
Herbaceous Crops

The competition for freshwater between agricultural, industrial, and civil uses has greatly increased in Mediterranean basin characterized by prolonged dry seasons. The aim of this study was to evaluate biomass production and the potential ethanol production of promising “no-food” herbaceous crops irrigated with low quality water at different ETc restitutions (0%, 50 and 100%). The research was carried out, in 2011 and 2012, in an open field near the full-scale constructed wetland (CW) municipal treatment plant located in the Eastern Sicily (Italy). The CW effluent has been applied in a experimental irrigation field of Vetiveria zizanoides (L.) Nash, Miscanthus x giganteus Greef et Deu. and Arundo donax (L.). Physical, chemical and microbiological analyses were carried out on wastewater samples collected at inlet and outlet of CW and pollutant removal efficiencies were calculated for each parameter. Bio-agronomical analysis on herbaceous species were made with the goal to evaluate the main parameters such as the plant dimension, the growth response and the biomass production. Biomass dry samples were processed with a three-step chemical pretreatment, hydrolysed with a mix of commercial enzymes and next fermented to obtain the yield of ethanol production. Average TSS, COD and TN removal for CW were about 74%, 67% and 68%, respectively. Although the satisfactory Escherichia coli removal, about 3.5 log unit for both beds on average, CW didn’t achieve the restrictive Italian law limits for wastewater reuse. As expected, irrigation was beneficial and the full ET replenishment increase the biomass productivity as compared to the other two treatment. The mean productivity of Vetiveria zizanoides and Myscanthus x giganteus were about 9, 26 and 38 t ha–1 and 3, 7 and 12 t ha–1 respectively in 0%, 50% and 100% ETc restitutions. Arundo donax gave higher values of dry biomass (78 t ha–1 in 100% ETc restitution in 2011 season), and potential ethanol production (about 3,744 kg ha–1). These results suggest the interest in the use of constructed wetland effluents for the irrigation of energy crops to obtain second generation ethanol, particularly in semiarid regions such as the Mediterranean area.

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