Regional life cycle assessment of soybean derived biodiesel for transportation fleets

Xue, Xiaobo; Collinge, William O.; Shrake, Scott O.; Bilec, Melissa M.; Landis, Amy E.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.05.025

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“…The effects of algae-derived biodiesel used in the passenger cars could be net positive or negative, depending on the algae cultivation and conversion processes from algae to biodiesel [18]. Some researchers quantified the regional impacts of soybeanderived biodiesel for transportation fleets in Pennsylvania by using the real fleet data and pointed out that only the instate produced B5 is preferable with its lowest environmental impacts due to the state's limited area of farmlands [21].…”

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“…Additionally, the impacts of biodiesel can be evaluated by environmental life cycle assessment (LCA), which is outlined by the International Organization of Standardization's 14040 series [16]. Most LCA studies of biodiesel have focused on environmental impacts of biodiesel derived from different bioresources, e.g., soybean, rapeseed, and algae [17][18][19][20][21]. The effects of algae-derived biodiesel used in the passenger cars could be net positive or negative, depending on the algae cultivation and conversion processes from algae to biodiesel [18].…”

Section: Journal Of Renewable Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Impacts of Biodiesel Applied to the Transportation Fleets in the Greater Houston Area

Huque

Kommalapati

2018

Journal of Renewable Energy

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Houston, the fourth largest metropolis in the US, currently experiences severe air pollution. Major pollutants, such as VOCs, CO, NO , PM, SO , CH 4 , and CO 2 , are released from the transportation fleets. To decrease fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions from fleet vehicles, more and more biodiesel is used in vehicles in the Houston metropolis. The GREET model was used for simulating the fuel cycle emissions of diesel vehicles using different biodiesel blends in Houston. The fuels examined were dieselbiodiesel blends of B0, B5, B20, B50, B80, and B100. The energy and water use and emissions from vehicles fueled with the blends were investigated. The study shows that the reductions in GHG emissions are significant at the Well-to-Pump stage, and all the emissions, except GHGs and NO , reduce at the Pump-to-Wheel stage. The overall Well-to-Wheel analysis shows that biodiesel is beneficial for both passenger cars and heavy duty trucks. However, the benefits are more pronounced for passenger cars compared to heavy duty vehicles. When 50% of diesel passenger cars and HDDTs are switched to B20 in the Greater Houston area in 2025, the daily GHG emissions will be reduced by 2.0 and 712.1 CO 2 -equivalent tonnes, respectively.

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Section: Journal Of Renewable Energymentioning

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Section: Journal Of Renewable Energymentioning

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Impacts of Biodiesel Applied to the Transportation Fleets in the Greater Houston Area

Huque

Kommalapati

2018

Journal of Renewable Energy

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“…Apontam uma necessidade de reorganização das atividades de produção para diminuir a quantidade de materiais não renováveis utilizados no processo e a adoção de sistemas de produção mais sustentáveis a longo prazo. Xue et al (2012) realizaram um estudo para avaliar os impactos ambientais causados pelo biodiesel de soja nos EUA. Também apontaram a fase agrícola com uma contribuição significativa para os impactos do biodiesel na maioria das categorias de impactos analisadas.…”

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Inventário e potencial impacto ambiental da produção de soja com agricultura de precisão na perspectiva da Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida

Júnior¹,

Ugaia²,

Gimenes³

2017

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“…Biodiesel can be produced from oilseeds such as soybean, rapeseed, sunflower, palm oil, and jatropha seeds [4]. Different kinds of crop-based biodiesel have different performance on economic, environmental, and social aspects.…”

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Emergy Analysis and Sustainability Efficiency Analysis of Different Crop-Based Biodiesel in Life Cycle Perspective

Ren

Manzardo²,

Mazzi

et al. 2013

The Scientific World Journal

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Biodiesel as a promising alternative energy resource has been a hot spot in chemical engineering nowadays, but there is also an argument about the sustainability of biodiesel. In order to analyze the sustainability of biodiesel production systems and select the most sustainable scenario, various kinds of crop-based biodiesel including soybean-, rapeseed-, sunflower-, jatropha- and palm-based biodiesel production options are studied by emergy analysis; soybean-based scenario is recognized as the most sustainable scenario that should be chosen for further study in China. DEA method is used to evaluate the sustainability efficiencies of these options, and the biodiesel production systems based on soybean, sunflower, and palm are considered as DEA efficient, whereas rapeseed-based and jatropha-based scenarios are needed to be improved, and the improved methods have also been specified.

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Regional life cycle assessment of soybean derived biodiesel for transportation fleets

Cited by 24 publications

References 12 publications

Impacts of Biodiesel Applied to the Transportation Fleets in the Greater Houston Area

Impacts of Biodiesel Applied to the Transportation Fleets in the Greater Houston Area

Inventário e potencial impacto ambiental da produção de soja com agricultura de precisão na perspectiva da Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida

Emergy Analysis and Sustainability Efficiency Analysis of Different Crop-Based Biodiesel in Life Cycle Perspective

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