Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications
Campus Units
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Biorenewable Resources and Technology, Environmental Science, Sustainable Agriculture, Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites, Center for Crops Utilization Research
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
8-26-2019
Journal or Book Title
Fermentation
Volume
5
Issue
3
First Page
77
DOI
10.3390/fermentation5030077
Abstract
The goal of this study was to examine cost impacts using techno-economic analysis (TEA) and environmental impacts using life-cycle assessment (LCA) for the production of red wine. Three production scales, denoted as “small” (5000 gal per year), “medium” (50,000 gal per year), and “large” (500,000 gal per year) were chosen for analysis. For example, the consumption of water, energy, greenhouse gas emissions, and solid waste generation were considered in order to estimate environmental impacts. A spreadsheet-based economic model was also developed. The results of the LCA and TEA were compared amongst all production scales. The results of the LCA showed that both bottle manufacturing and various wine-making processes contributed the greatest environmental impacts. For TEA, the relationships between costs and profits increased as production scale increased; exponential trend lines could describe the data, but linear models were better. This information can be useful when considering what size of winery might be appropriate to invest in, or what operational categories may be most impactful in terms of costs and environmental burdens and, thus, may be targets for efficiency improvements.
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Open
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Copyright Owner
The Authors
Copyright Date
2019
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Congmu and Rosentrater, Kurt A., "Estimating Economic and Environmental Impacts of Red-Wine-Making Processes in the USA" (2019). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications. 1057.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_pubs/1057
Comments
This article is published as Zhang, Congmu, and Kurt A. Rosentrater. "Estimating Economic and Environmental Impacts of Red-Wine-Making Processes in the USA." Fermentation 5, no. 3 (2019): 77. DOI: 10.3390/fermentation5030077 . Posted with permission.