Machine Learning Applications in Biofuels’ Life Cycle: Soil, Feedstock, Production, Consumption, and Emissions

Iftikhar Ahmad; Adil Sana; Manabu Kano; Izzat Iqbal Cheema; Brenno C. Menezes; Junaid Shahzad; Zahid Ullah; Muzammil Khan; Asad Habib

LAPSE

Living Archive for Process Systems Engineering

LAPSE:2023.34007

Published Article

LAPSE:2023.34007

Machine Learning Applications in Biofuels’ Life Cycle: Soil, Feedstock, Production, Consumption, and Emissions

Iftikhar Ahmad, Adil Sana, Manabu Kano, Izzat Iqbal Cheema, Brenno C. Menezes, Junaid Shahzad, Zahid Ullah, Muzammil Khan, Asad Habib

April 24, 2023

Machine Learning (ML) is one of the major driving forces behind the fourth industrial revolution. This study reviews the ML applications in the life cycle stages of biofuels, i.e., soil, feedstock, production, consumption, and emissions. ML applications in the soil stage were mostly used for satellite images of land to estimate the yield of biofuels or a suitability analysis of agricultural land. The existing literature have reported on the assessment of rheological properties of the feedstocks and their effect on the quality of biofuels. The ML applications in the production stage include estimation and optimization of quality, quantity, and process conditions. The fuel consumption and emissions stage include analysis of engine performance and estimation of emissions temperature and composition. This study identifies the following trends: the most dominant ML method, the stage of life cycle getting the most usage of ML, the type of data used for the development of the ML-based models, and the frequently used input and output variables for each stage. The findings of this article would be beneficial for academia and industry-related professionals involved in model development in different stages of biofuel’s life cycle.

Record ID

LAPSE:2023.34007

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence, bio-energy, biodiesel, biogas, Industry 4.0, Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Supply Chain

Subject

Planning & Scheduling

Suggested Citation

Ahmad I, Sana A, Kano M, Cheema II, Menezes BC, Shahzad J, Ullah Z, Khan M, Habib A. Machine Learning Applications in Biofuels’ Life Cycle: Soil, Feedstock, Production, Consumption, and Emissions. (2023). LAPSE:2023.34007

Author Affiliations

Ahmad I: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan [ORCID]
Sana A: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Kano M: Department of Systems Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan [ORCID]
Cheema II: Department of Chemical, Polymer and Composite Materials Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, New Campus, Lahore 54890, Pakistan; Center for Energy Research and Development, University of Engineering and Technology, New Campus, Lahore 390 [ORCID]
Menezes BC: Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha 34110, Qatar [ORCID]
Shahzad J: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Ullah Z: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Khan M: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Habib A: Institute of Computing, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat 26000, Pakistan

Journal Name

Energies

Volume

14

Issue

16

First Page

5072

Year

2021

Publication Date

2021-08-18