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Author Gnansounou, Edgard, author.

Title Life-cycle assessment of biorefineries / Edgard Gnansounou, Ashok Pandey
Published Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2017

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Contents Front Cover; Life-Cycle Assessment of Biorefineries; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Classification of Biorefineries Takinginto Account Sustainability Potentials and Flexibility; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Classification Systems; 1.2.1. Main Features; 1.2.1.1. Case 1: AC5/C6 Plant Producing Bioethanol From Vetiver Leaves Using a Biochemical Route; 1.2.1.2. Case 2: AC5/C6 Biorefinery Producing Bioethanol and Furfural From Vetiver Leaves Using a Biochemical Route
1.2.1.3. Case 3: An Oil Biorefinery Producing Biodiesel, Glycerin, and Protein From Microalgae by a Biochemical Route1.2.1.4. Case 4: An Oil/C5/C6 Biorefinery Producing Biodiesel, Glycerin, Protein and Succinic Acid From Microalgae Using a ... ; 1.2.1.5. Case 5: A Synthesis Gas Biorefinery Producing Biomethane and Fertilizer From Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches Using a ... ; 1.2.2. Main Platforms of Biorefineries; 1.2.2.1. C5/C6 Sugars; Lignocellulosic agricultural crops; Forestry crops; Agricultural and forestry residues; Fractionation and saccharification of lignocellulosic feedstocks
Saccharification1.2.2.2. Lignin Platform; 1.2.2.3. Bio-syngas Platform; Gasification process; Influence of the biomass characteristics; Temperature and other influential operating factors; Gasification technologies; Gas cleaning; Tar reduction; Reduction of inorganic compounds; 1.2.2.4. Pyrolysis Liquid Platform; 1.2.2.5. Bio-oil Platform; Vegetable oils and fats; Microalgaeoil; 1.2.3. Products of Biorefineries; 1.2.3.1. Energy Products; 1.2.3.2. Chemical Products; 1.2.3.3. Biopolymers; 1.3. Revisiting the Classification System-Goals and Scopes of Biorefineries
1.4. Inclusion of Sustainability in the Classification System1.4.1. Sustainability Criteria; 1.4.1.1. Environmental Sustainability; 1.4.1.2. Economic Sustainability; 1.4.1.3. Social Sustainability; 1.4.2. Defining Sustainability Classes Using a Logic Based Model; 1.4.2.1. Modeling Economic Sustainability of Biorefineries; 1.4.2.2. Modeling Social Sustainability of Biorefineries; 1.4.2.3. Modeling Environmental Sustainability of Biorefineries; 1.4.3. Rule Base; 1.4.4. Illustration of Sustainability Potentials; 1.5. Inclusion of Flexibility; 1.5.1. Strategic Flexibility
1.5.1.1. Cost Reductions Due to Mutualization1.5.1.2. Positive Environmental and Social Externalities; 1.5.1.3. Capability Reward; 1.5.2. Operational Flexibility; 1.6. The Rationale of Public and Private Incentives: The Role of Classification; 1.7. Conclusions and Perspectives; References; Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment and Specificity of Biorefineries; 2.1. Life Cycle Assessment: From Infancy to a Standardized Methodology; 2.2. Definition of the Goal and Scope; 2.2.1. The Goal; 2.2.2. The Scope; 2.2.2.1. Function of the Product System and Functional Unit
Summary Life-Cycle Assessment of Biorefineries, the sixth and last book in the series on biomass-biorefineries discusses the unprecedented growth and development in the emerging concept of a global bio-based economy in which biomass-based biorefineries have attained center stage for the production of fuels and chemicals
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed January 25, 2017)
Subject Bioreactors.
Product life cycle.
Bioreactors
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical.
Bioreactors
Product life cycle
Form Electronic book
Author Pandey, Ashok, author.
ISBN 9780444635860
0444635866