Life cycle assessment of electricity generation using fast pyrolysis bio-oil

Marginal Generation Technology in the Chinese Power Market towards 2030 Based on Consequential Life Cycle Assessment

“…Energy consumption, especially electricity, is often identified as a hotspot for the outcomes of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies of different products, industrial activities, or services both inside and outside of China [12][13][14][15][16]. The electricity consumption is so important that many studies have conducted an LCA to address the CO 2 emissions from electricity production itself [17][18][19][20]. The problem is not just the lack in knowledge of the electricity consumption, but also how electricity information in used in LCA models.…”

Evaluation of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Biomass Feedstock Electricity Generation Systems

“…Several studies [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] evaluated the life cycle environmental impacts of using biomass as a standalone fuel for electricity generation. When performing an LCA, one needs to define the system boundary conditions (which includes details on the activities or processes to be considered in the analysis) and a functional unit of measure (which enables quantification of the net environmental impacts from carrying out an activity or a process as defined within the LCA system boundary conditions).…”

“…Several studies have analyzed the LCA of biomass-only combustion [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] and biomass cofiring with coal [12,13,20,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. The two distinct advantages of cofiring in existing coal power plants are the achievement of a higher net efficiency of biofuels conversion to electricity (the generally higher efficiency of very large-scale power plants offsets the lower efficiency of the coal boiler) and a significant reduction in the investment costs.…”

The Use of Safe Waste for the Production of Ellectricity and Heat / the Use of Safe Waste for the Production of Ellectricity and Heat

“…Pirolizės ir dujinimo metu sukauptos dujos ir kietosios dalelės yra panaudojamos tolimesniems elektros ir šilumos energijos gavybos procesams (Voets et al 2011). Iš biomasės atliekų susidariusios alyvos yra potencialus pakaitalas naftos produktams, kurie gali būti panaudojami energijos ir šilumos gavyboje (Fan et al 2011). Apdorojant atliekas mechaniniu būdu ir jas trupinant bei skaidant magnetų pagalba, yra surenkamos metalų dalelės, kurios panaudojamos antrinės žaliavos gamybai.…”