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Carbon footprint and energy balance of biodiesel produced from tannery fleshings
Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association · Eylül 2014
Makale Bilgileri
DergiJournal of the American Leather Chemists Association
Yayın TarihiEylül 2014
Cilt / Sayfa109 · 296-305
Scopus ID2-s2.0-84908221450
Özet
This paper analyzes, from a life cycle perspective, the environmental performance of biodiesel obtained from leather industry fleshing waste (BDF). The indicators used for this environmental evaluation are: global warming potential (GWP) and energy return on investment (EROI). The contribution of each process-step in both GWP and EROI was determined. Transesterification of fat to obtain the BDF has been proved to be the most significant step in the process, mainly due to the consumption of methanol. A comparison between BDF and petroleum diesel obtained from non-renewable oil has also been performed using the same indicators. The results show a clear preference for BDF, although data from industrial real plants has to be considered in further works for BDF process to provide more accurate results.
Yazarlar (4)
1
Eylem Kılıç
2
Rita Puig
ORCID: 0000-0002-9436-2074
3
Grau Baquero
4
Gokhan Zengin
ORCID: 0000-0001-6548-7823
Kurumlar
Ege Üniversitesi
Izmir Turkey
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Barcelona Spain
Usak University
Usak Turkey
Metrikler
5
Atıf
4
Yazar