Life cycle assessment of renewable diesel production from lignocellulosic biomass

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 1404-1424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Wong ◽  
Hao Zhang ◽  
Amit Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Lignocellulosic Biomass ◽  
Renewable Diesel ◽  
Diesel Production

scholarly journals Life Cycle Assessment of Green Diesel Production by Hydrodeoxygenation of Palm Oil

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Arguelles-Arguelles ◽  
Myriam Adela Amezcua-Allieri ◽  
Luis Felipe Ramírez-Verduzco
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Oil Refining ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Renewable Diesel ◽  
Green Diesel ◽  
Diesel Production

Transition to a new energy low carbon pool requires the gradual replacing of fossil fuels with other cleaner energies and biofuels. In this work, the environmental impact of renewable diesel production using an attributional life cycle assessment was evaluated by considering five stages: palm plantation-culture-harvest, palm oil extraction, palm oil refining, green (renewable) diesel production, and biofuel use. The functional unit was established as 1.6 × 10−2 m3 (13.13 kg) of renewable diesel. The results show that the production of renewable diesel by Hydro-processed Esters and Fatty Acids is more environmentally friendly than fossil diesel production. In particular, the analysis showed that the CO2 emission decreases around 110% (i.e. mitigation occurred) compared with conventional diesel production. However, renewable diesel production has a relevant environmental impact in the human toxicity category due to the high consumption of agrochemicals during palm culture.

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