Campus Units
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Document Type
Article
Conference
2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
7-2017
DOI
10.13031/aim.201700680
Conference Title
2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting
Conference Date
July 16–19, 2017
City
Spokane, WA, United States
Abstract
Fossil fuels are considered one of the most contributing for increasing the rate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. On the other hand, renewable energy derived from biomass promising to reduce significantly the CO2 emissions, promoting less environmental impacts for the future generations. Nowadays, the cost and the environmental impacts of the process are the challenges for producing a green product with lower cost. Numerous research has been published over the lasts decades, but gaps remain in understanding the sustainability and the environmental impact of the ethanol production. The techno-economic analysis is designed in order to optimize one process, and the life cycle assessment is one tool for assessing the environmental performance of complex systems. The key objective of this study is to review and discuss the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Techno-Economic Assessment (TEA) of cellulosic ethanol production that were done in previous studies.
Copyright Owner
American Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers
Copyright Date
2017
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Oliveira, Maria C. T. B. and Rosentrater, Kurt A., "Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of ethanol production: A review" (2017). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Conference Proceedings and Presentations. 515.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_conf/515
Comments
This proceeding is from 2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Paper No. 1700680, pages 1-4 (doi: 10.13031/aim.201700680). St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE.