Emergy Analysis and Sustainability Efficiency Analysis of Different Crop-Based Biodiesel in Life Cycle Perspective
Joint Authors
Manzardo, Alessandro
Mazzi, Anna
Fedele, Andrea
Scipioni, Antonio
Ren, Jing-Zheng
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-05-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Biodiesel as a promising alternative energy resource has been a hot spot in chemical engineering nowadays, but there is also an argument about the sustainability of biodiesel.
In order to analyze the sustainability of biodiesel production systems and select the most sustainable scenario, various kinds of crop-based biodiesel including soybean-, rapeseed-, sunflower-, jatropha- and palm-based biodiesel production options are studied by emergy analysis; soybean-based scenario is recognized as the most sustainable scenario that should be chosen for further study in China.
DEA method is used to evaluate the sustainability efficiencies of these options, and the biodiesel production systems based on soybean, sunflower, and palm are considered as DEA efficient, whereas rapeseed-based and jatropha-based scenarios are needed to be improved, and the improved methods have also been specified.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ren, Jing-Zheng& Manzardo, Alessandro& Mazzi, Anna& Fedele, Andrea& Scipioni, Antonio. 2013. Emergy Analysis and Sustainability Efficiency Analysis of Different Crop-Based Biodiesel in Life Cycle Perspective. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1033435
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Manzardo, Alessandro…[et al.]. Emergy Analysis and Sustainability Efficiency Analysis of Different Crop-Based Biodiesel in Life Cycle Perspective. The Scientific World Journal No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1033435
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ren, Jing-Zheng& Manzardo, Alessandro& Mazzi, Anna& Fedele, Andrea& Scipioni, Antonio. Emergy Analysis and Sustainability Efficiency Analysis of Different Crop-Based Biodiesel in Life Cycle Perspective. The Scientific World Journal. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1033435
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1033435