Review of waste biorefinery development towards a circular economy: from the perspective of a life cycle assessment

Y Liu, Y Lyu, J Tian, J Zhao, N Ye, Y Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, reducing the environmental impact of biorefinery is a common concern of
scholars. life cycle assessment (LCA) is a widely used method to evaluate the environmental …

Integrated biorefinery approach to valorize winery waste: A review from waste to energy perspectives

B Ahmad, V Yadav, A Yadav, MU Rahman… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The ever-increasing environmental crisis, depleting natural resources, and uncertainties in
fossil fuel availability have rekindled researchers' attention to develop green and …

On quantifying sources of uncertainty in the carbon footprint of biofuels: crop/feedstock, LCA modelling approach, land-use change, and GHG metrics

M Brandão, R Heijungs, AR Cowie - Biofuel Research Journal, 2022 - biofueljournal.com
Biofuel systems may represent a promising strategy to combat climate change by replacing
fossil fuels in electricity generation and transportation. First-generation biofuels from sugar …

Cross-sectoral perspectives (chapter 12)

M Babiker, G Berndes, K Blok, B Cohen, A Cowie… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The total emission mitigation potential achievable by the year 2030, calculated based on
sectoral assessments, is sufficient to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to half of the …

Attributional and consequential LCA in the ILCD handbook

T Ekvall, A Azapagic, G Finnveden, T Rydberg… - … International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose This discussion article aims to highlight two problematic aspects in the International
Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook: its guidance to the choice between …

Sustainability check for bio-based technologies: A review of process-based and life cycle approaches

N Escobar, N Laibach - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Industries across the world are making a transition from fossil resources to renewable
biological feedstock for the production of chemicals, fuels, and materials, as a strategy to …

[HTML][HTML] Space, time, and sustainability: The status and future of life cycle assessment frameworks for novel biorefinery systems

C Vance, J Sweeney, F Murphy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
For stakeholders and decision makers within the bioeconomy, it is important that
sustainability assessment methodologies be holistic, reliable, and accurate. Life cycle …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar produced from wood waste for soil remediation in Sweden: Carbon sequestration and other environmental impacts

A Papageorgiou, ES Azzi, A Enell… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of biochar to stabilize soil contaminants is emerging as a technique for remediation
of contaminated soils. In this study, an environmental assessment of systems where biochar …

Production of caproic acid from mixed organic waste: an environmental life cycle perspective

WS Chen, DP Strik, CJN Buisman… - … Science & Technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Caproic acid is an emerging platform chemical with diverse applications. Recently, a novel
biorefinery process, that is, chain elongation, was developed to convert mixed organic waste …

Life cycle assessment of a small-scale methanol production system: A Power-to-Fuel strategy for biogas plants

L Eggemann, N Escobar, R Peters, P Burauel… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Power-to-Fuel (PtF) systems use carbon dioxide and hydrogen as feedstock
together for renewable fuel production and can hence contribute to climate change …