biodiesel life cycel assessment (lca)

This presentation is on biodiesel Life Cycle

Assessment (LCA)

This presentation is presented at Aldrich Interdisciplinary conference at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

The presentation slides are made and presented by Zaman Sajid. For any research idea about biodiesel LCA please contact author at Zaman_866@hotmail.com

Resource Optimization of Biodiesel Production using Economical, Social,

and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and its comparison

with Petroleum-derived Diesel

“Break Down the Research Barriers”

- A theme of this conference

Biodiesel combustion reduces emissions of CO2 by 15.66% compared to petroleum diesel. (Sheehan et. al, 1998)

This is just one side of picture! We should look deep into their production systems

BUT

Cultivation

Seeds’ Pressing

Seed Oil Transportation

Industrial Production of Biodiesel

Biodiesel One kind of end-use

CO2

Vegetable Garbage

Roots Breathing Fossil Fuels:

Coal, Natural Gas, Oil Oceans, lakes

CO2

Refinery

End-Use

We should look deep into their production systems-

Means - we should look how much emissions is there at each stage of production

Cultivation

Seeds’ Pressing

Seed Oil Transportation

Industrial Production of Biodiesel

Biodiesel One kind of end-use

CO2

A B

CO2

CO2 CO2

CO2

Vegetable Garbage

Roots Breathing Fossil Fuels:

Coal, Natural Gas, Oil Oceans, lakes

CO2

A

B

CO2

CO2

CO2

Net CO2 released Net CO2 released

Now we can decide which fuel is environmentally friendly!

CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2

Transportation

Life-cycle assessment is a technique to assess the environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life from-cradle-to-grave (i.e., from raw material extraction through materials processing, manufacture, distribution, use, repair and maintenance, and disposal or recycling).

Source: US Environmental Protection Agency

Cultivation

Seeds’ Pressing

Seed Oil Transportation

Industrial Production of Biodiesel

Biodiesel One kind of end-use

CO2

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Which production STAGE has the most emissions of CO2 and that stage need attention.

1. Environmental

2. Economical

3. Social

Sustainability

As an example:

Use of land to grow crops since we will use fertilizer to grow crops

Cultivation

Seeds’ Pressing

Seed Oil Transportation

Industrial Production of Biodiesel

Biodiesel One kind of end-use

CO2 CO2

CO2 CO2

CO2 This stage is Causing Highest Emissions

Performing Economic LCA on biodiesel life cycle would let us know which components are incurring more cost

Cultivation

Seeds’ Pressing

Seed Oil Transportation

Industrial Production of Biodiesel

Biodiesel One kind of end-use

CO2

Which stage is incurring the higest cost As an example: Buying of land has the highest cost

Cultivation

Seeds’ Pressing

Seed Oil Transportation

Industrial Production of Biodiesel

Biodiesel One kind of end-use

CO2

This stage has Highest Cost

Performing Social LCA on biodiesel life cycle would let us know how biodiesel cycle effects standard of living and community

Cultivation

Seeds

Seed Oil

Industrial Production of Biodiesel

Biodiesel One kind of end-use

CO2

Which stage is effecting society the most.

As an example: Use of land effects human health the

most

Cultivation

Seeds

Seed Oil

Industrial Production of Biodiesel

Biodiesel One kind of end-use

CO2

This stage is most effecting the Human being

Use of land to

grow crops -- ---

Land Buying

-- ---

Use of land effects human health the most

-- ---

Optimization To make as perfect, effective, or

functional as possible Or The process of making our resources

more efficient or optimal.

Environmental LCA How to reduce emissions from the highest

emission stage Economical LCA How to reduce cost from the most cost incurring

stage Social LCA How to minimize the impact of highest effecting

stage

We analyse what are the curial components and try to optimize those resources in all three pillars of sustainability.

STOP GLOBAL WARMING!

Hey earth! Who made you sad

It’s you!

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THANK YOU!