LAPSE:2023.14156
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LAPSE:2023.14156
Life Cycle Assessment and Energy Balance of a Polygeneration Plant Fed with Lignocellulosic Biomass of Cynara cardunculus L.
Ramoon Barros Lovate Temporim, Gianluca Cavalaglio, Alessandro Petrozzi, Valentina Coccia, Paola Iodice, Andrea Nicolini, Franco Cotana
March 1, 2023
This article aims to present an evaluation of the environmental performance of a combustion polygeneration plant fed with lignocellulosic material from cardoon (Cynara cardunculus L.) through the technique of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The system boundaries encompassed macro-phases of crop production, transportation, and polygeneration processes that were able to produce 100 kW of electricity, a residual thermal energy recovery system and district heating and cooling with 270 kW of heating, and a 140 kW of cooling. The LCA was performed using Cumulative Energy Demand and ReCiPe Life Cycle Impact Assessment methods through midpoint and endpoint indicators. From 2000 h/year, 165.92 GJ of electricity and 667.23 GJ of primary energy were consumed, and 32.82 tCO2eq were emitted. The rates of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and energy demand per MJ produced were 0.08 MJSE/MJPD, 0.30 MJPE/MJPD, and 0.01 kgCO2eq/MJPD. According to the ReCiPe method, the impact categories with the highest impact loads were Terrestrial ecotoxicity (2.44%), Freshwater ecotoxicity (32.21%), Marine ecotoxicity (50.10%), Human carcinogenic toxicity (8.75%), and Human non-carcinogenic toxicity (4.76%). Comparing the same energy outputs produced by Italian power and gas grids, the proposed polygeneration plant was able to reduce primary energy demand and GHG emissions by 80 and 81%, respectively, in addition to reducing the emissions of the five main categories of impacts by between 25 and 73%.
Keywords
cumulative energy demand, Cynara cardunculus L., global warming potential, Life Cycle Assessment, lignocellulosic biomass, Polygeneration
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Barros Lovate Temporim R, Cavalaglio G, Petrozzi A, Coccia V, Iodice P, Nicolini A, Cotana F. Life Cycle Assessment and Energy Balance of a Polygeneration Plant Fed with Lignocellulosic Biomass of Cynara cardunculus L.. (2023). LAPSE:2023.14156
Author Affiliations
Barros Lovate Temporim R: CIRIAF—Interuniversity Research Centre on Pollution and Environment “Mauro Felli”, Via G. Duranti, 06125 Perugia, Italy [ORCID]
Cavalaglio G: Centro Direzionale Isola F2, Pegaso Telematic University, 80143 Naples, Italy [ORCID]
Petrozzi A: CIRIAF—Interuniversity Research Centre on Pollution and Environment “Mauro Felli”, Via G. Duranti, 06125 Perugia, Italy
Coccia V: Department of Engineering, UNIPG—University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti, 06125 Perugia, Italy
Iodice P: Centro Direzionale Isola F2, Pegaso Telematic University, 80143 Naples, Italy [ORCID]
Nicolini A: Department of Engineering, UNIPG—University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti, 06125 Perugia, Italy [ORCID]
Cotana F: Department of Engineering, UNIPG—University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti, 06125 Perugia, Italy
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Energies
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15
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7
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2397
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2022
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2022-03-24
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1996-1073
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