Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicators

The present article assesses the environmental profile of a real-scale anaerobic-digestion plant that has been developed in France. The system utilises 13652 t of different types of feedstock related to food industry, agriculture, etc. The study is based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) according to G...

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Autores: Lamnatou, Chrysovalantou, Nicolaï, R., Chemisana Villegas, Daniel, Cristofari, Christian A., Cancellieri, D.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/67653
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.211
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/67653
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biogas production
Anaerobic digestion
Waste management
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Global Warming Potential (GWP)
Cumulative Energy Demand (CED)
ReCiPe
USEtox
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spelling Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicatorsLamnatou, ChrysovalantouNicolaï, R.Chemisana Villegas, DanielCristofari, Christian A.Cancellieri, D.Biogas productionAnaerobic digestionWaste managementLife Cycle Assessment (LCA)Global Warming Potential (GWP)Cumulative Energy Demand (CED)ReCiPeUSEtoxThe present article assesses the environmental profile of a real-scale anaerobic-digestion plant that has been developed in France. The system utilises 13652 t of different types of feedstock related to food industry, agriculture, etc. The study is based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) according to Global Warming Potential (GWP), Cumulative Energy Demand (CED), ReCiPe midpoint/endpoint and USEtox. The life-cycle inventory includes real data from various sources of waste as well as the transportation distances. By considering the impact of both anaerobic digestion and transportation for the whole system, the following findings have been found: 6430 t CO2.eq (GWP 100a); 67194 GJprim (CED); 231100 Pts (ReCiPe endpoint single-score: Human health), 146932 Pts (ReCiPe endpoint single-score: Ecosystems), 171568 Pts (ReCiPe endpoint single-score: Resources). Furthermore, USEtox results, for the whole system and by taking into account both anaerobic digestion and transportation, show that based on: 1) Human toxicity/cancer, anaerobic-digestion phase has around 21 times higher value comparing to transportation, 2) Ecotoxicity, anaerobic-digestion phase presents about 77 times higher value than transportation. Regarding the impact of both phases (anaerobic digestion; transportation) per t of waste or per MWh of electricity, the findings show values of 0.5-0.6 t CO2.eq per t of feedstock (or digestate) or per MWh of electricity produced (not net). A separate subsection with comparisons of the present findings with literature studies about LCA of anaerobic-digestion plants has been included. In general, a good agreement has been observed. Moreover, comparisons of the impact of the electricity produced by means of the present biogas system with the impact of conventional electricity mixes of several countries are presented and discussed, proving the environmental benefits of the proposed anaerobic-digestion plant.Elsevier2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.211http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/67653reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.211Science of the Total Environment, 2019, vol. 670, p. 1226-1239cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2019info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/676532026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicators
title Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicators
spellingShingle Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicators
Lamnatou, Chrysovalantou
Biogas production
Anaerobic digestion
Waste management
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Global Warming Potential (GWP)
Cumulative Energy Demand (CED)
ReCiPe
USEtox
title_short Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicators
title_full Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicators
title_fullStr Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicators
title_full_unstemmed Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicators
title_sort Biogas production by means of an anaerobic-digestion plant in France: LCA of greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental indicators
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lamnatou, Chrysovalantou
Nicolaï, R.
Chemisana Villegas, Daniel
Cristofari, Christian A.
Cancellieri, D.
author Lamnatou, Chrysovalantou
author_facet Lamnatou, Chrysovalantou
Nicolaï, R.
Chemisana Villegas, Daniel
Cristofari, Christian A.
Cancellieri, D.
author_role author
author2 Nicolaï, R.
Chemisana Villegas, Daniel
Cristofari, Christian A.
Cancellieri, D.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biogas production
Anaerobic digestion
Waste management
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Global Warming Potential (GWP)
Cumulative Energy Demand (CED)
ReCiPe
USEtox
topic Biogas production
Anaerobic digestion
Waste management
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Global Warming Potential (GWP)
Cumulative Energy Demand (CED)
ReCiPe
USEtox
description The present article assesses the environmental profile of a real-scale anaerobic-digestion plant that has been developed in France. The system utilises 13652 t of different types of feedstock related to food industry, agriculture, etc. The study is based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) according to Global Warming Potential (GWP), Cumulative Energy Demand (CED), ReCiPe midpoint/endpoint and USEtox. The life-cycle inventory includes real data from various sources of waste as well as the transportation distances. By considering the impact of both anaerobic digestion and transportation for the whole system, the following findings have been found: 6430 t CO2.eq (GWP 100a); 67194 GJprim (CED); 231100 Pts (ReCiPe endpoint single-score: Human health), 146932 Pts (ReCiPe endpoint single-score: Ecosystems), 171568 Pts (ReCiPe endpoint single-score: Resources). Furthermore, USEtox results, for the whole system and by taking into account both anaerobic digestion and transportation, show that based on: 1) Human toxicity/cancer, anaerobic-digestion phase has around 21 times higher value comparing to transportation, 2) Ecotoxicity, anaerobic-digestion phase presents about 77 times higher value than transportation. Regarding the impact of both phases (anaerobic digestion; transportation) per t of waste or per MWh of electricity, the findings show values of 0.5-0.6 t CO2.eq per t of feedstock (or digestate) or per MWh of electricity produced (not net). A separate subsection with comparisons of the present findings with literature studies about LCA of anaerobic-digestion plants has been included. In general, a good agreement has been observed. Moreover, comparisons of the impact of the electricity produced by means of the present biogas system with the impact of conventional electricity mixes of several countries are presented and discussed, proving the environmental benefits of the proposed anaerobic-digestion plant.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/67653
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Science of the Total Environment, 2019, vol. 670, p. 1226-1239
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