TY - JOUR
T1 - A comprehensive review of life cycle assessment (LCA) of microalgal and lignocellulosic bioenergy products from thermochemical processes
AU - Ubando, Aristotle T.
AU - Rivera, Diana Rose T.
AU - Chen, Wei Hsin
AU - Culaba, Alvin B.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Ministry of Science and Technology , Taiwan, R.O.C., with the grant numbers of MOST 106-2923-E-006-002-MY3 , MOST 107-2811-E-006-529 , and MOST 108-3116-F-006-007-CC1 , is gratefully acknowledged for the financial support of this research. The Engineering Research and Development for Technology of the Philippines is gratefully recognized for the travel support funds of the second author.
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - Microalgal biomass is a renewable energy source and is considered as a crucial solution in the increasing energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. Through various thermochemical conversion processes such as torrefaction, pyrolysis, liquefaction, and gasification, biomass can be converted to different bioenergy products. However, the production of these bioenergy products through the aforesaid thermochemical processes entails raw material consumption, energy consumption, and environmental impact. A multitude of studies has been conducted to evaluate the environmental impact of bioenergy products for specific thermochemical processes on a specific biomass feedstock using life cycle assessment. This study aims to comprehensively review the life cycle assessment of bioenergy products from microalgal biomass together with lignocellulosic biomass and through different thermochemical processes. The study identifies the current challenges and potential future works of bioenergy production from different thermochemical processes in the perspective of a life cycle assessment framework.
AB - Microalgal biomass is a renewable energy source and is considered as a crucial solution in the increasing energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. Through various thermochemical conversion processes such as torrefaction, pyrolysis, liquefaction, and gasification, biomass can be converted to different bioenergy products. However, the production of these bioenergy products through the aforesaid thermochemical processes entails raw material consumption, energy consumption, and environmental impact. A multitude of studies has been conducted to evaluate the environmental impact of bioenergy products for specific thermochemical processes on a specific biomass feedstock using life cycle assessment. This study aims to comprehensively review the life cycle assessment of bioenergy products from microalgal biomass together with lignocellulosic biomass and through different thermochemical processes. The study identifies the current challenges and potential future works of bioenergy production from different thermochemical processes in the perspective of a life cycle assessment framework.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121837
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121837
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31353166
AN - SCOPUS:85069649141
VL - 291
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
SN - 0960-8524
M1 - 121837
ER -