Biofuel Production from Waste Woods
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Life CycleAssessment Module1
TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction .....................................................................................................................................3The overview and significance of Life cycle assessment ...........................................................3Background of biofuels................................................................................................................4Different forms of biofuel............................................................................................................5Production of biofuel from waste woods ....................................................................................6Advantages and disadvantage of Biofuel generated from waste woods......................................7Results..............................................................................................................................................9Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9References......................................................................................................................................102
INTRODUCTION In the modern era, the need and demand of Biofuel is increasing at a very good pace.Furthermore, biofuel can be termed as a form of energy which has been produced from materialof animals and plants. It can be also stated that in recent years, biofuel has emerged as one of thebiggest substitute of fossil fuels. The rationale behind this is that biofuel produces very lowamount of greenhouse gases as compared to fossil fuels (Chandra, Takeuchi and Hasegawa,2012). Along with this, biofuel is also considered as very less expensive form of fuel incomparison with the other type of fossil fuels present in the marketplace. However, it can beargued that one of the major disadvantage of biofuels is that the energy output produced by themis not satisfactory. In addition to this, high demand of crops in order to produce biofuel has alsoresulted in rising prices of food which is threat for the entire society. Many studies andresearches are been carried out in order to lower down the negative impact of biofuels and makeit effective in solving various energy problems which has been faced by the entire world. Identify alternative technology optionsFollowing technology options are available:LCA of Energy TechnologiesLCA of electricity generation technologiesLCA of Vehicle Fuels and technologies LCA of Streetlight Technologies Geographical Area The geography plays an important role in LCA in the following manner:The various parts of a product can be manufactured across anywhere in the worldInfrastructure such as electricity production, waste management and transport systems isdifferent in different regionsThe sensitivity of the environment to pollutants is also different from one area to anotherThe LCA has to be restricted in geographical manner. The consumption of a product in acertain region can be taken as geographical delimitation. 3
The overview and significance of Life cycle assessment As per the view of Van der Stelt and et.al. (2011) life cycle assessment can be termed asthe method in which identification and evaluation of a process is carried out (Van der Stelt andet.al. 2011). The objective behind such assessment is to find out the ways through whichenvironmental impact of process can be minimized or lower down. In the present scenario,woods are being used and transformed for development of useful products with the help ofenergy and various materials. It can be also stated that Life cycle assessment of producingbiofuels with the help of woods was very important in order to examine the overall effectivenessof the biofuel produced (Naik and et.al., 2010). Nowadays, experiments are being carried outwith an objective to make use of waste wood for the production of biofuels and lower downemission of different fossil fuels. The framework of Life cycle assessment can be also termed asa system of life cycle inventory and boundaries of system which varies from one research toanother. Further, boundaries of system are classified a process or chain of production which isbeing analysed in order obtain desired results. The concept of system boundaries can be wellunderstood with an example that if crops are being grown with an objective of producingbiofuels, its growth rate relies on two major factors which are the location and size of area whichhas been selected for carrying out the process of cultivation. Therefore, size and location will betermed as space boundaries. On the other hand, the total number of growing season which aretaken into consideration for growing biofuels can be termed as time boundaries (Nigam andSingh, 2011). In the present study, life cycle assessment has been applied for the purpose ofidentifying the fact that whether production of biofuels from woods is suitable or not. Background of biofuelsIn the modern era, the demand of biofuels among different industries and markets isincreasing with a very good pace. It can be defined as the effective sources of energy which hasbeen derived from plants. In addition to this, biofuels can be used in two different patterns whichare by burning it directly in order to produce heat or by converting biofuels into liquid form offuels such as biodiesel and ethanol (Park and et.al., 2010). However, it can be argued that inolden days, biofuels was used only for domestic purposes and it was the in 21st century that thedemand of such fuels among industries has increased. The reason behind this is that the use ofbiofuels has helped businesses and many industries to lower down their greenhouse gas emission4
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