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Influence of agricultural residues interpretation and allocation procedures on the environmental performance of bioelectricity production – A case study on woodchips from apple orc...

Boschiero, Martina; Kelderer, Markus; Schmitt, Armin O.; … - In: Applied Energy 147 (2015) C, pp. 235-245

Agricultural woody residues are available in massive quantities and provide a considerable potential for energy production. However, to encourage environmentally sustainable bioenergy strategies, it is necessary to assess the environmental performance of each specific bioenergy chain. Life cycle...

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Economic and environmental optimization of a large scale sustainable dual feedstock lignocellulosic-based bioethanol supply chain in a stochastic environment

Osmani, Atif; Zhang, Jun - In: Applied Energy 114 (2014) C, pp. 572-587

This work proposes a two-stage stochastic optimization model to maximize the expected profit and simultaneously minimize carbon emissions of a dual-feedstock lignocellulosic-based bioethanol supply chain (LBSC) under uncertainties in supply, demand and prices. The model decides the optimal...

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Energy efficiency and sustainability of complex biogas systems: A 3-level emergetic evaluation

Chen, Shaoqing; Chen, Bin - In: Applied Energy 115 (2014) C, pp. 151-163

3-level emergetic evaluation framework to investigate the energy efficiency and sustainability of a complex biogas … challenges for the CBS rested in the relatively high transformities and the constant descent of sustainability within all …

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An integrated optimization model for switchgrass-based bioethanol supply chain

Zhang, Jun; Osmani, Atif; Awudu, Iddrisu; Gonela, Vinay - In: Applied Energy 102 (2013) C, pp. 1205-1217

Bioethanol produced from lignocellulosic feedstock show enormous potential as an economically and environmentally sustainable renewable energy source. Switchgrass (panicum virgatum) is considered as one of the best second generation feedstock for bioethanol production. In order to commercialize...

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A critical review of biochemical conversion, sustainability and life cycle assessment of algal biofuels

Singh, Anoop; Olsen, Stig Irving - In: Applied Energy 88 (2011) 10, pp. 3548-3555

The increasing global demand of biofuels for energy security and reduction in climate change effects generate the opportunity to explore new biomass sources. Algae is a very promising source of biomass in this context as it sequester a significant quantity of carbon from atmosphere and...

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Carbon and environmental footprinting of global biofuel production

Hammond, Geoffrey P.; Seth, Shashank M. - In: Applied Energy 112 (2013) C, pp. 547-559

The carbon and environmental footprints associated with the global production of biofuels have been computed from a baseline of 2007–2009 out until 2019. Estimates of future global biofuel production were adopted from OECD–FAO and related projections. In order to determine the footprints...

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Evaluation of a rapid LMP-based approach for calculating marginal unit emissions

Rogers, Michelle M.; Wang, Yang; Wang, Caisheng; … - In: Applied Energy 111 (2013) C, pp. 812-820

To evaluate the sustainability of systems that draw power from electrical grids there is a need to rapidly and …

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A systematic review of bioenergy life cycle assessments

Muench, Stefan; Guenther, Edeltraud - In: Applied Energy 112 (2013) C, pp. 257-273

On a global scale, bioenergy is highly relevant to renewable energy options. Unlike fossil fuels, bioenergy can be carbon neutral and plays an important role in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Biomass electricity and heat contribute 90% of total final biomass energy consumption, and...

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Advances in exergy analysis: a novel assessment of the Extended Exergy Accounting method

Rocco, M.V.; Colombo, E.; Sciubba, E. - In: Applied Energy 113 (2014) C, pp. 1405-1420

This paper presents a theoretical reassessment of the Extended Exergy Accounting method (EEA in the following), a comprehensive exergy-based analytical paradigm for the evaluation of the total equivalent primary resource consumption in a generic system.

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Power utility generation portfolio optimization as function of specific RES and decarbonisation targets – EPBiH case study

Kazagic, Anes; Merzic, Ajla; Redzic, Elma; Music, Mustafa - In: Applied Energy 135 (2014) C, pp. 694-703

. Method of power generation portfolio optimization, as function of sustainability and decarbonisation, along with appropriate …) and 55% (HIGH RES). Effects to the sustainability are considered through environmental, economic and social indicators …. Multicriteria sustainability assessment gave an advantage to the HIGH RES, under assumption of equal weighting factors of economic …

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