This study provides different scenarios on the eco-sustainability of the implementation of biodiesel production from microalgae cultivated in PBRs and located in Denmark on an industrial scale. LCA is the tool used to perform the assessment. The best available technologies for algal biodiesel production in PBRs were analyzed and compared. Each scenario has been compared also with diesel production performances. Finally, an evaluation of the parameters which most affect biodiesel production has been performed. The processes of algal biodiesel production taken into account are: cultivation, harvesting, the drying phase, oil extraction, transesterification, anaerobic digestion of residual biomass and the use of glycerol obtained from transesterification.
Life Cycle Assessment of biodiesel production from microalgae: a case study in Denmark
RIGHI, SERENA;
2013
Abstract
This study provides different scenarios on the eco-sustainability of the implementation of biodiesel production from microalgae cultivated in PBRs and located in Denmark on an industrial scale. LCA is the tool used to perform the assessment. The best available technologies for algal biodiesel production in PBRs were analyzed and compared. Each scenario has been compared also with diesel production performances. Finally, an evaluation of the parameters which most affect biodiesel production has been performed. The processes of algal biodiesel production taken into account are: cultivation, harvesting, the drying phase, oil extraction, transesterification, anaerobic digestion of residual biomass and the use of glycerol obtained from transesterification.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
