TY - JOUR
T1 - Biofuel and bioproduct environmental sustainability analysis
AU - Dunn, Jennifer B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Life cycle analysis (LCA) is a key tool in the evaluation of biofuel and bioproduct sustainability. Recent advances in these analyses include increased incorporation of spatially explicit elements of feedstock growth including changes in soil carbon and fertilization rates. Furthermore, new evaluations of processes to convert biomass to fuels (ethanol, algal-derived fuels, jet fuels, and others) and products have been conducted that examine emerging conversion technologies. Co-product allocation among co-produced biofuels and bioproducts continues to raise LCA methodological challenges; approaches to allocation can drive LCA results. Given the variations in feedstocks, spatially explicit factors, conversion process design, and LCA methodological choices (e.g. co-product allocation), transparency in reporting biofuel LCA methodology and results is critical to enable cross-comparison of studies.
AB - Life cycle analysis (LCA) is a key tool in the evaluation of biofuel and bioproduct sustainability. Recent advances in these analyses include increased incorporation of spatially explicit elements of feedstock growth including changes in soil carbon and fertilization rates. Furthermore, new evaluations of processes to convert biomass to fuels (ethanol, algal-derived fuels, jet fuels, and others) and products have been conducted that examine emerging conversion technologies. Co-product allocation among co-produced biofuels and bioproducts continues to raise LCA methodological challenges; approaches to allocation can drive LCA results. Given the variations in feedstocks, spatially explicit factors, conversion process design, and LCA methodological choices (e.g. co-product allocation), transparency in reporting biofuel LCA methodology and results is critical to enable cross-comparison of studies.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.02.008
DO - 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.02.008
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30928828
AN - SCOPUS:85063382921
SN - 0958-1669
VL - 57
SP - 88
EP - 93
JO - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
JF - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
ER -