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Biogas Power Energy Production from a Life Cycle Thinking

In: New Frontiers on Life Cycle Assessment - Theory and Application

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  • Enrique Alberto Huerta-Reynoso
  • Hector Alfredo Lopez-Aguilar
  • Jorge Alberto Gomez
  • Maria Guadalupe Gomez-Mendez
  • Antonino Perez-Hernandez

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to present a generalized model for the construction of inventories for the production of electricity through biogas. This general framework can be adjusted to any power plant that uses biogas, since it complies with the main material and energy balances. This chapter describes the main technologies used in biogas power energy production, separating them into five main subsystems that integrate the general life cycle inventory, as well as the inputs and outputs considered in the development of the inventories. The life cycle assessment (LCA) of two types of plants is presented as study cases: (i) the biogas power energy generation with organic waste in landfills as substrate and (ii) the biogas power energy generation using dairy cattle manure as substrate. Both systems, in addition to using different types of substrate, present differences in their substages. It is concluded that the generation of studies of life cycle analysis of technologies facilitates decision makers, producers, and government agencies to develop and identify areas of opportunity from life cycle thinking.

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  • Enrique Alberto Huerta-Reynoso & Hector Alfredo Lopez-Aguilar & Jorge Alberto Gomez & Maria Guadalupe Gomez-Mendez & Antonino Perez-Hernandez, 2019. "Biogas Power Energy Production from a Life Cycle Thinking," Chapters, in: Antonella Petrillo & Fabio De Felice (ed.), New Frontiers on Life Cycle Assessment - Theory and Application, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:167637
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.82250
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    Keywords

    biogas; emissions; smart industry; sustainable energy; cleaner energies;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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