Setting the design space of biorefineries through sustainability values, a practical approach

Parada, Mar Palmeros; Asveld, Lotte; Osseweijer, Patrícia; Posada, John A.

doi:10.1002/bbb.1819

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“…This achievement would be significant for biorefineries specifically, considering the ongoing debates around biobased production, as discussed in the introduction. Also, while in the presented case there was limited engagement with stakeholders, the integration of VSD elements to biorefinery design practice, as shown here, leaves room for conducting dedicated empirical investigations with stakeholders (as in the work by Palmeros Parada et al (2018), or in-between design space workshops). This could be applied in more advanced projects with defined features (e.g.…”

Section: Contribution To Value Sensitive Designmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Additionally, at early stages of development of the biorefinery, there is limited availability of information, and involvement of stakeholders is difficult; at later stages the capacity to change the project is limited once investments have been made. An explorative VSD research on the investigation of stakeholders’ values and the generation of project specific principles for the early-stage design biorefineries has been published recently (Palmeros Parada et al 2018 ). In their analysis, the authors suggest that these principles could guide subsequent design activities for obtaining a value sensitive biorefinery concept.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, the aim of this work is to explore how considerations of stakeholders’ values can be integrated to the decision making processes that lead to a biorefinery concept. Taking as starting point the work by Palmeros Parada et al ( 2018 ), the hypothesis is that this integration can be achieved by promoting reflection during the design activities. To put this into practice, an approach to promoting the consideration of societal aspects during research and development (R&D) activities called midstream modulation (MM) (Fisher et al 2006 ) is adapted to encourage a design team to reflect on identified stakeholders’ values.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The application of VSD for delimiting the design space of biorefineries in early stages of development has been explored recently (Palmeros Parada et al 2018 ). As result, design propositions were derived as project specific design principles, and the authors suggest that reflecting about these propositions can support the integration of values in the subsequent design of biorefineries.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, MM could also be applied to promote reflection about stakeholders’ values in a design context. Particularly, identified stakeholders’ values and design propositions, as derived for biorefinery design by Palmeros Parada et al ( 2018 ), can be brought forward through MM interventions along the design process. Bringing forward these elements to a design group could promote reflection and support the identification of new technical features, as shown by Yoo et al ( 2013 ) with stakeholder prompts.…”

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Integrating Value Considerations in the Decision Making for the Design of Biorefineries

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Biobased production has been promoted as a sustainable alternative to fossil resources. However, controversies over its impact on sustainability highlight societal concerns, value tensions and uncertainties that have not been taken into account during its development. In this work, the consideration of stakeholders' values in a biorefinery design project is investigated. Value sensitive design (VSD) is a promising approach to the design of technologies with consideration of stakeholders' values, however, it is not directly applicable for complex systems like biorefineries. Therefore, some elements of VSD, such as the identification of relevant values and their connection to a technology's features, are brought into biorefinery design practice. Midstream modulation (MM), an approach to promoting the consideration of societal aspects during research and development activities, is applied to promote reflection and value considerations during the design decision making. As result, it is shown that MM interventions during the design process led to new design alternatives in support of stakeholders' values, and allowed to recognize and respond to emerging value tensions within the scope of the project. In this way, the present work shows a novel approach for the technical investigation of VSD, especially for biorefineries. Also, based on this work it is argued that not only reflection, but also flexibility and openness are important for the application of VSD in the context of biorefinery design.

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OSiD: opening the conceptual design of biobased processes to a context‐sensitive sustainability analysis

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Wielen

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Biobased production has been promoted as an alternative to fossil‐based production to mitigate climate change. However, emerging concerns over the sustainability of biobased products have shown that tensions can emerge between different objectives and concerns, like emission reduction targets and food security, and that these are dependent on local contexts. Here we present the Open Sustainability‐in‐Design (OSiD) framework, the aim of which is to integrate a context‐sensitive sustainability analysis in the conceptual design of biobased processes. The framework is illustrated, taking as an example the production of sustainable aviation fuel in southeast Brazil. The OSiD framework is a novel concept that brings the perspectives of stakeholders and considerations of the regional context to an ex ante sustainability analysis of biobased production. This work also illustrates a way to integrate methods from different scientific disciplines supporting the analysis of sustainability and the identification of tensions between different sustainability aspects. Making these tensions explicit early in the development of biobased production can make them more responsive to emerging sustainability concerns. Considering the global pressure to reduce carbon emissions, situating sustainability analyses in their socio‐technical contexts as presented here can help to explain and improve the impacts of biobased production in the transition away from fossil resources. © 2021 The Authors. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining published by Society of Industrial Chemistry and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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A bibliometric analysis on potential uses of brewer's spent grains in a biorefinery for the circular economy transition of the beer industry

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2021

Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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This comprehensive review aims to elucidate the state of the art related to research trends regarding the use of brewer's spent grains (BSG), the main solid by-product generated in breweries. Its status, future opportunities, and emerging trends were evaluated by bibliometric analysis, which contributed to clarifying the knowledge and perspectives in the field. In total, 510 documents were obtained from the Web of Science© database in a timespan from 1900 to 2020. VosViewer software and R-bibliometrix package were used to investigate and map the most frequently cited papers, international collaborative networks, keywords, and the main countries and journals associated with this research. The results showed that, globally, 65 countries have been engaged in research related to BSG, and Brazil has been the most productive country, with up to 70 publications. Keyword analysis revealed that the studies on BSG are divided into four main knowledge areas: (i) pretreatment; (ii) nutritional quality; (iii) bioactive compounds, and (iv) pyrolysis. It was also found that a biorefinery can be designed for the complete utilization of BSG to obtain several valuable compounds. In this sense, different technological routes can be applied to produce arabinoxylans, proteins, ferulic acid, xylitol, xylose, lactic acid, butanol, biogas, fertilizer, and ethanol. In conclusion, BSG is a cost-effective and feasible raw material for the sustainable production of bio-based products and bioenergy and its valorization in a biorefinery is a powerful strategy to promote the circular economy transition of the beer industry.

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Setting the design space of biorefineries through sustainability values, a practical approach

Cited by 25 publications

References 46 publications

Integrating Value Considerations in the Decision Making for the Design of Biorefineries

Integrating Value Considerations in the Decision Making for the Design of Biorefineries

OSiD: opening the conceptual design of biobased processes to a context‐sensitive sustainability analysis

A bibliometric analysis on potential uses of brewer's spent grains in a biorefinery for the circular economy transition of the beer industry

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