Environmental life cycle assessment of different biorefinery platforms valorizing municipal solid waste to bioenergy, microbial protein, lactic and succinic acid

B Khoshnevisan, M Tabatabaei, P Tsapekos… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The progressive exhaustion of fossil energy resources and the environmental problems
provoked by the excessive use of these resources have driven us to transit from a fossil fuel …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review for the impact of anaerobic digestion on the sustainable development goals

F Piadeh, I Offie, K Behzadian, JP Rizzuto… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anaerobic Digestion (AD) technology emerges as a viable solution for managing municipal
organic waste, offering pollution reduction and the generation of biogas and fertilisers. This …

[HTML][HTML] Valorization of biogas from the anaerobic co-treatment of sewage sludge and organic waste: Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of different recovery …

F Pasciucco, G Francini, I Pecorini, A Baccioli… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, biogas produced from the anaerobic digestion of biowaste is considered a
valuable renewable energy source to implement the transition to a climate-neutral society …

A life cycle impact analysis of various hydrogen production methods for public transportation sector

MI Aydin, I Dincer - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an important task to reduce the adverse effects of
climate change. A large portion of greenhouse gas emissions apparently originates from the …

An economic and global warming impact assessment of common sewage sludge treatment processes in North America

Z Zhuang, BA Mohamed, LY Li, O Swei - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
This study details a probabilistic life cycle assessment model to evaluate the environmental
(ie, global warming potential) and economic impact of four common sewage sludge …

A comparative LCA of three WWTPs in a tourist area: effects of seasonal loading rate variations

F Pasciucco, I Pecorini, R Iannelli - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the wastewater treatment is a fundamental utility for the protection of human health
and the environment, non-evident drawbacks are associated with it. Wastewater treatment …

Life cycle assessment of polyphenols extraction processes from waste biomass

G Barjoveanu, OA Pătrăuțanu, C Teodosiu, I Volf - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Waste biomass from forestry and wood processing industries is a source to obtain fine
chemicals, and its processing is a good example of circular economy, but it generates …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment of power-to-methane and renewable methane production technologies

HH Cho, V Strezov, TJ Evans - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The role of renewable energy, such as biogas or renewable methane is important for
decarbonisation of the energy sector. This study analyses environmental impacts of …

[HTML][HTML] H2-rich syngas production from pyrolysis of agricultural waste digestate coupled with the hydrothermal carbonization process

Y Wen, S Wang, Z Shi, IN Zaini, L Niedzwiecki… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel process to produce a H 2-rich syngas from a high moisture-containing agricultural
waste digestate is proposed. This process combines the use of hydrothermal carbonization …

[HTML][HTML] Dark fermentation as an environmentally sustainable WIN-WIN solution for bioenergy production

CI Camacho, S Estévez, JJ Conde, G Feijoo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current energy and environmental crisis, linked to increasing industrialisation, has
progressively driven the adoption of solutions focused on circular life cycle thinking, such as …