Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the biofuel production process from sunflower oil, rapeseed oil and soybean oil

Sanz-Requena, J. F.; Guimarães, Adriana Costa; Alpera, S. Quirós; Gangas, E. Relea; Hernández-Navarro, Salvador; Navas-Gracia, Luis M.; Gil, Jesús Martín; Cuesta, H. Fresneda

doi:10.1016/j.fuproc.2010.03.004

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“…This amount of oil is a promising source for biodiesel production from a natural and environmentally friendly agricultural product (Patil & Deng, 2009). Although Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) stated many environmental problems associated with large scale production of soybeans and maize (FAO, 2009), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies indicated that cultivation of soybeans has less negative impacts on environment than some other oil seeds like sunflower and rapeseed (Sanz Requena et al, 2010). In addition to biodiesel production, soybeans can be used to produce ethanol.…”

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confidence: 99%

Soybeans Processing for Biodiesel Production

Koc¹,

Abdullah²,

Fereidouni³

2011

Soybean - Applications and Technology

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Soybeans Processing for Biodiesel Production

Koc¹,

Abdullah²,

Fereidouni³

2011

Soybean - Applications and Technology

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“…Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO 2009) stated many environmental problems associated with large scale production of soybeans and maize, but Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies indicated that cultivation of soybeans has less negative impacts on environment than some other oil seeds like sunflower and rapeseed (Sanz Requena et al 2011). Another report from Pimentel & Patzek (2005) stated that the energy output from biodiesel is less than the fossil energy inputs.…”

Section: Soybean As Biofuel Feedstockmentioning

confidence: 99%

Soybean Opportunity as Source of New Energy in Indonesia

Adie

Krisnawati

2014

Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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These last few years, the name of soybeans soared as a source of biodiesel. Soy biodiesel is an alternative fuel produced from soybean oil. Soybean potential as an alternative renewable energy source because it is expected to have the highest energy content compared to other alternative fuels. Opportunities to develop biodiesel using soybean oil in Indonesia is quite large, considering the soybean is a commodity that is already known and widely cultivated almost in all over Indonesia. In addition, the use of soybean for biofuel feedstock is expected to motivate farmers to cultivate soybeans, so their use is not limited to non-energy raw materials. Soybean varieties that have a high oil content as well as high yield is a source of major biodiesel feedstock. From 73 soybean varieties that have been released in Indonesia, has an average oil content of 18%. Varieties with high oil content can be used as raw material for biodiesel. Research on the use of soy as an ingredient of energy crops (biodiesel) have been carried out. In fact, soybean oil is the vegetable oil feedstock for most of the biodiesel being produced in the United States today. With the potential for soybean crops in Indonesia, both in terms of availability of land and varieties, the use of soybean oil for biofuel development in Indonesia is the flagship prospective materials for bio fuel substitute than other plants in the future.

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“…These reactions are often catalyzed by the addition of base or catalyst. Bases can catalyze the reaction by removing proton from the alcohol thus making it more reactive, while acids can catalyze the reaction by donating a proton to carbonyl group, thus making it more reactive [8]. There are many factors such as amount of oil, methanol, enzyme and yield considerations to conduct LCA studies.…”

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LCA studies for alkaline and enzyme catalyzed biodiesel production from palm oil

Ravindra¹,

Saralan²,

Abdulla³

2012

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The life cycle analysis of biodiesel production from palm oil (PO) involves 3 stages: 1) Cultivation; 2) Oil Extraction and 3) Transesterification of PO. There are several different approaches to the production process. The enzyme catalyzed process, was investigated and its environmental performance was compared with the conventional alkali-catalyzed process by using life cycle analysis (LCA). The enzyme catalyzed process is found to be technically a simpler production process and offers the production of less environmentally damaging wastes.

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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the biofuel production process from sunflower oil, rapeseed oil and soybean oil

Cited by 113 publications

References 17 publications

Soybeans Processing for Biodiesel Production

Soybeans Processing for Biodiesel Production

Soybean Opportunity as Source of New Energy in Indonesia

LCA studies for alkaline and enzyme catalyzed biodiesel production from palm oil

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