Strategic Planning for the Sustainable Production of Biofuels
Strategic Planning for the Sustainable Production of Biofuels

Author: José Maria Ponce-Ortega

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 0128181796

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Strategic Planning for the Sustainable Production of Biofuels presents several optimization models for the design and planning of sustainable biorefinery supply chains, including issues surrounding the potential of biomass feedstocks in multiple harvesting sites, availability and seasonality of biomass resources, different potential geographical locations for processing plants that produce multiple products using diverse production technologies, economies of scale for production technologies, demands and prices of multiple products, locations of storage facilities, and a number of transportation modes. Sustainability considerations are incorporated into the proposed models by including simultaneous economic, environmental and social performance in the evaluation of the supply chain designs. Covers different optimization models for the strategic planning of biorefining systems Includes the GAMS and MATLAB codes for solving various problems Considers sustainability criteria in the presented models Presents different approaches for obtained trade-off solutions Provides general software that can be used for solving different problems

Biofuels and Sustainability
Biofuels and Sustainability

Author: Kazuhiko Takeuchi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-07-13

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 4431548955

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This open access book presents a comprehensive analysis of biofuel use strategies from an interdisciplinary perspective using sustainability science. This interdisciplinary perspective (social science-natural science) means that the strategies and policy options proposed will have significant impacts on the economy and society alike. Biofuels are expected to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, revitalizing economies in agricultural communities and alleviating poverty. However, despite these anticipated benefits, international organizations such as the FAO, OECD and UN have published reports expressing concerns that biofuel promotion may lead to deforestation, water pollution and water shortages. The impacts of biofuel use are extensive, cross-sectoral and complex, and as such, comprehensive analyses are required in order to assess the extent to which biofuels can contribute to sustainable societies. Applying interdisciplinary sustainability science concepts and methodologies, the book helps to enhance the establishment of a sustainable society as well as the development of appropriate responses to a global need for urgent action on current issues related to biofuels.

Towards Sustainable Production and Use of Resources
Towards Sustainable Production and Use of Resources

Author:

Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9789280730524

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This report was produced by the Working Group on biofuels of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Managemet. It provides an overview of the key problems and perspectives toward sustainable production and use of biofuels. It is based on an extensive literature study, taking into account recent major reviews. The focus is on so-called first generation biofuels while considering further lines of development. In the overall context of enhancing resource productivity, options for more efficient and sustainable production and use of biomass are examined. In particular, "modern biomass use" for energetic purposes, such as biomass used for (co-)generation of heat and power and liquid biofuels for transport, are addressed and related to the use of biomass for food and material purposes. Whereas improving the efficiency of biomass production plays a certain role towards enhancing sustainability, progress will ultimately depend on a more efficient use of biotic (and abiotic) resources (incl. for instance an increased fuel economy of car fleets), although a full consideration of all relevant strategies towards this end (e.g changing diets high in animal based foods and reducing food losses) is beyond the scope of this report.

Managing Green Business Model Transformations
Managing Green Business Model Transformations

Author: Axel Sommer

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-05-20

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 3642288480

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Environmental sustainability creates both tremendous business opportunities and formidable threats to established companies across virtually all industry sectors. Yet many companies tackle the issue in a superficial or passive way, rather than considering fundamental changes to their existing business models. By ignoring the opportunities of Green Business Model Transformations, companies exclude themselves from a large variety of potential means to create economic value. In addition to ordinary product and process innovations, they can change “the rules of the game” within an industry towards environmental sustainability. Green Business Model Transformations, however, are challenging ventures: New, green business models with all their uncertainties and inherent complex systemic characteristics are difficult to design, assess, and implement successfully, particularly in the context of established companies that often entail complex structures and considerable inertia. As a result, there is a great need for guidance in management practice. This publication addresses this need with a general approach to Managing Green Business Model Transformations that is based on a broad theoretical foundation, illustrated by many real-world examples from various industry sectors.

Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future
Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future

Author: Jingzheng Ren

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2019-08-20

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0128155825

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Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-criteria Decision Making provides a comprehensive sustainability analysis of biofuels based on life cycle thinking and develops various multi-dimensional decision-making techniques for prioritizing biofuel production technologies. Taking a transversal approach, the book combines life cycle sustainability assessment, life cycle assessment, life cycle costing analysis, social life cycle assessment, sustainability metrics, triple bottom line, operations research methods, and supply chain design for investigating the critical factors and key enablers that influence the sustainable development of biofuel industry. This book will equip researchers and policymakers in the energy sector with the scientific methodology and metrics needed to develop strategies for viable sustainability transition. It will be a key resource for students, researchers and practitioners seeking to deepen their knowledge on energy planning and current and future trends of biofuel as an alternative fuel. Provides an innovative approach to promoting sustainable development in biofuel production by linking supply chain design and decision support with the life cycle perspective Features case studies and examples that illustrate the theory and methods developed Includes material on corporate social responsibility and economic analysis of biofuels that is highly useful to policy-makers and administrators in both government and enterprise sectors

Optimal Design of Sustainable Bioenergy Infrastructure System and Resource Allocation Under Uncertainties
Optimal Design of Sustainable Bioenergy Infrastructure System and Resource Allocation Under Uncertainties

Author: Chien-Wei Chen

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781267238382

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Biofuel has been recognized as one of the most feasible solutions for reducing oil dependence and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and thus pressing issues of energy security and global climate change. From a sustainability standpoint, feedstock resources that have a lower impact on global food supplies and other natural resources and better efficiency in terms of life-cycle environmental performance are desired. Bio-waste resources as the ideal alternative to sugar and starch crops provide an excellent way of producing biofuel sustainably and are considered in this dissertation. A biofuel pathway concerns all the facilities and operations involved in the supply chain including feedstock resources, biofuel production and delivery infrastructures, and the end users. These components are interdependent and need to be considered as a whole through rigorous system analyses while designing a sustainable biofuel infrastructure system. In addition to the system dependencies, uncertainty is another major challenge in long-term strategic planning of sustainable biofuel supply systems. Cellulosic biofuels, compared with conventional fuels, face more uncertainties in future feedstock supply and biofuel demand, due to unpredictable weather conditions and changing regulations and policies. This dissertation attempts to establish mathematical models that can be used to evaluate the economic feasibility and system robustness of the sustainable bioethanol infrastructure system design, as well as provide system requirements and resource allocations. Potential future uncertainties from feedstock supply, biofuel demand, and technology evolvement are handled using a two-stage stochastic programming framework. To overcome the computational challenges from solving large-scale stochastic problem, a scenario based decomposition method - progression hedge, has been applied to the model. It is hoped this work will encourage further efforts in bridging the two communities of operations research and renewable energy.

Future Bioenergy and Sustainable Land Use
Future Bioenergy and Sustainable Land Use

Author: Renate Schubert

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-12-01

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1136545581

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Because of the major opportunities and risks associated with it, and the complexity of the subject, bioenergy policy has in a short time become a challenging political task for regulators and planners – a task that can only be accomplished through worldwide cooperation and the creation of an international framework. This book's central message is that the sustainable potential of bioenergy, which can be tapped all over the world, should be utilized – provided that threats to sustainability are avoided. In particular, the use of bioenergy must not endanger food security or the goals of nature conservation and climate change mitigation.

Liquid Biofuels: Emergence, Development and Prospects
Liquid Biofuels: Emergence, Development and Prospects

Author: Sherrill Edwards

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-07-03

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1447164822

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Bioenergy is coming to be seen as a priority on the international agenda, with the use of liquid biofuels a key strategy in the attempt to meet both the demand for environmental sustainability and the energy needs of countries. The growth in the production and use of biofuels around the world has led to increased interest and discussion about this subject. Given the dynamics of this phenomenon, the organizers of this book, based on more than 10 years experience of joint research on this subject, seek to address key issues relating to the production and marketing of liquid biofuels using the Brazilian experience with ethanol and biodiesel as an illustrative case, as well as the experiences of the leading producers and consumers of biofuels. The topics to be covered in this book include the role of public policies in fostering the emergence of the biofuels industry, the main socio-economic, environmental, technological aspects and the prospects for the sector. The conceptual and methodological bases that provide analytical support to the book are based on recent research published in indexed journals. The structure and content of the book seek to address some central issues regarding: How the biofuel industries have emerged and developed in different countries? What factors have been crucial to the success or failure of different production initiatives? What are the main socio-economic-environmental impacts of the production and consumption of liquid biofuels? How are national and international markets for liquid biofuels being structured? To what extent and/or in what conditions can the experiences and lessons learned at the national level be transferred and adapted in other countries? Finally, based on the scenarios, the prospects for liquid biofuels will be discussed.

Food Waste to Green Fuel: Trend & Development
Food Waste to Green Fuel: Trend & Development

Author: Neha Srivastava

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-05-17

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9811908133

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This edited book covers all the existing possibilities of using food waste as a potential, alternative and ‘ready to use’, feed stock for biofuels production. Moreover, it also presents all the sustainable and economically feasible biofuels option with their details strategies, mechanism, advantages, draw backs and future scope. It also explores in depth knowledge of food waste, and details the processing as well as opportunities to utilize it at for mass scale biofuels production. The practical feasibility and economic sustainability of biofuels production is still suffering with its cost intensity and lack of rigorous scientific strategies as well as inputs to explore it on further at upscale level. Low cost, carbon rich, economic and environmental friendly feedstock, may have strong possibilities to reduce the overall biofuels production cost and the book is based on this strategy. The book is of interest to academicians and researchers interested in industries related to biofuels production, food processing industries and industries related to waste valorization.

Sustainable Biodiesel
Sustainable Biodiesel

Author: Meisam Tabatabaei

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2023-06-23

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0128204850

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Sustainable Biodiesel: Real-World Designs, Economics, and Applications offers a unique, integrated approach that combines cutting-edge research results and the day-to-day aspects of biodiesel production at the industrial level. It brings together experienced academics and recognized industry experts to explore the most practical elements of research and discuss the limitations and future needs of the industry. The book critically reviews strategies for implementing biodiesel-based biorefineries, feedstock supply chains, reactor technologies, processes for biodiesel production, and biodiesel combustion, including advanced fuel formulations containing biodiesel. The authors examine biodiesel plants from the point of view of design, operation, quality control, and sustainability, including life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC). Policy and regulatory constraints in biodiesel production and commercialization as well as future trends and needs of the industry are also covered. This book, as a volume of the "Biomass and Biofuels" series, provides researchers and practitioners in the field of biomass and biofuels with a well-rounded understanding of how the technologies developed in the lab can be deployed at commercial scale in a sustainable and cost-efficient way. This allows biofuels researchers to better develop technology that is fit for upscaling in an industrial setting and complies with sustainability goals. Practicing engineers, on the other hand, find in this volume up-to-date information on available technology, the latest advances, and future trends that will inform their decision-making when planning, implementing, and troubleshooting biodiesel-based bioenergy systems. Sheds light on the real-world aspects of biodiesel production while also covering the cutting-edge research results in the field Integrates design, economics, and sustainability aspects, minimizing the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical expertise, as well as between technical aspects and environmental and economic performances Includes realistic examples and case studies of applications of state-of-the-methodologies for life cycle assessment, life cycle impact assessment, and life cycle costing