The gasification of Polish coal to produce hydrogen could help make the country independent oil and gas imports assist in rational energy transition from gray green hydrogen. When taking strategic economic or legislative decisions, one should be guided not only by level CO2 emissions production process, but also other environmental impact factors obtained comprehensive analyses. This paper pres...

Abstract Purpose California’s Central Valley produces more than 75% of global commercial almond supply, making the life cycle performance production in California interest. This article describes assessment using a Scalable, Process-based, Agronomically Responsive Cropping System Life Cycle Assessment (SPARCS-LCA) model that includes crop responses to orchard management and modeling water suppl...

In this study the energy and economic flows and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of olive oil production in Iran were investigated in terms of a life cycle assessment with considering four main stages of agricultural olive production, olive transportation, olive oil extraction and its oil transportation to the customer centers. Data was collected from 150 olive growers in Guilan province of Iran....

There is a growing interest in accounting for the environmental externalities and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with building industry. This study examines life cycle impacts of novel biomass-based aerogel material manufactured via freeze drying method comprising three process stages, i.e., gel preparation, aging drying. The main focus this to evaluate contribution each stage load u...

For the life cycle scenario of bioethanol production from unutilized rice straw, stage paddy cultivation can be excluded with a zero-inventory allocation rule, i.e., straw no applied valorization in current practice. This study evaluates net energy analysis and greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment for scaled-up plant using as feedstock. The process simulation technique is integrated to model produce...

Carbonization is a newly developed process that converts sewage sludge to biocoal, a type of solid biomass that can partially substitute for coal during power generation. This study presents an assessment of the environmental effects of various sewage sludge treatment processes, including carbonization, direct landfills, co-incineration with municipal solid waste, and mono-incineration in Taiwa...

The food industry is interested in new plant-based, non-toxic, additives to substitute synthetic ones. Aiming support the development of H. sabdariffa bio-colorant extracts at an early stage, a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA) approach was used evaluate primary energy (CED) and global warming potential (GWP) three extraction processes: maceration (A), ultrasound-assisted (UAE) during ...

This work presents new data on the life cycle impact assessment of various lignocellulosic biomass types in Mexico. A comparative model densification systems was conducted. An integrated approach that incorporated process variables, such as technology and variations feed properties, within analysis employed to evaluate environmental producing 1 MJ energy-containing densified fuel. The results s...