Effects of Energy Efficiency Measures in the Beef Cold Chain: A Life Cycle-based Study

Diaz, Fabian; Vignati, Jacopo Andreas; Marchi, Beatrice; Paoli, Riccardo; Zanoni, Simone; Romagnoli, Francesco

doi:10.2478/rtuect-2021-0025

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“…Through a life cycle evaluation and a life cycle cost assessment, Diaz et al (2021) investigated three major possible measures: energy recovery from waste via anaerobic digestion, the incorporation of renewable energy sources in warehouses, and the replacement of auxiliary equipment at a store. They discovered that the recovery of energy from food waste by means of anaerobic digestion and cogeneration offers the greatest advantages to the supply chain.…”

Section: Cluster : Life Cycle Assessmentmentioning

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Industrial symbiosis and agri-food system: Themes, links, and relationships

Hamam

Spina

Raimondo

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Industrial symbiosis is an eco-innovative system concept that is based on a circular economy and industrial ecology ideas. This process comprises the movement of materials, energy, and skills across enterprises located within eco-industrial parks, and strives to provide economic, environmental, and social competitive advantages for all the involved parties. Considering that the agri-food system creates a vast quantity of by-products along the supply chain, it is a sector that has huge potential within material and energy recovery systems and fits well into eco-industrial parks. The current study is a literature review that aims to evaluate the interest exhibited so far by scientific research in the topic of industrial symbiosis in the agri-food sector and to highlight the primary analytical techniques that have been used for this topic. Using the paradigm of multiple correspondence analysis, a content analysis was conducted from which the major themes of the researched phenomena emerged. The results indicate that the topic areas are unrelated and somewhat distant from each other. The analyzed case studies have revealed that the authors had neglected the communicative and collaborative elements among stakeholders, and instead focused on the potential use of some tools and approaches. Furthermore, it has been hypothesized that the hiding of information within a supply chain prevents industrial symbiosis procedures from being implemented. This research suggests the necessity of creating communication and cooperation platforms among stakeholders, which would promote the introduction of new techniques and tools for the development of circular production systems.

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Section: Cluster : Life Cycle Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Industrial symbiosis and agri-food system: Themes, links, and relationships

Hamam

Spina

Raimondo

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…The proposed study is limited to the analysis of the trade-off between energy consumption and quality losses. Further extensions of this case study deal with the integration of different aspects of sustainability, i.e., environmental and social dimensions [13], for example through a multi-criteria analysis [14] or multiple benefits introduced with energy efficiency measures instead of only energy savings [10]. Including these aspects, additional measures may be of priority.…”

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Assessment of Energy Efficiency Measures in Food Cold Supply Chains: A Dairy Industry Case Study

2022

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The quality of human nutrition has acquired significant improvements thanks to the opportunity to store food in suitable temperature conditions. Refrigeration has allowed the slowing of chemical and biological degradation and hence the waste of foodstuff, but at the same time increases energy consumption. These effects impact the environment and the sustainability performance of the cold chain, and drive consumers’ choices. The stakeholders of the chain are, therefore, constantly looking for improvement actions to reduce environmental impacts. This paper aims to provide a methodology for prioritizing and assessing the energy efficiency measures for cold chains in terms of quality losses and specific energy consumption, distinguishing between technological, maintenance, and managerial opportunities. This analysis is based on the cold supply chain tool, developed under the H2020 project ICCEE (“Improving Cold Chain Energy Efficiency”) which focuses on a holistic approach, not looking only at the individual stages of the cold chain. Furthermore, an economic evaluation has been proposed considering cost savings and the investment needed.

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“…The LCA methodology is based on a systemic evaluation of the environmental burdens of products or services towards potential impact categories implementing consistent mass and energy balances [25], [26].…”

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LCA of Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Algal Biomass for Polishing Treated Effluents

Mezzanotte

Romagnoli

Ieviņa

et al. 2022

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Research data produced within the CARIPLO IMAP and Perform Water 2030 projects were processed using the SimaPro software to carry out the Life Cycle Assessment according to ISO 14040-44 of an innovative process of treated effluents’ polishing. The study aims to evaluate the integration of a microalgae culture as a side-stream process into the baseline layout of a wastewater treatment plant to remove nitrogen from the supernatant of sludge centrifugation from an environmental perspective. In particular, the investigated system focuses on using the algal biomass produced as an organic matrix for encapsulating zero-valent iron nanoparticles to be used for the final refinement of the effluent. Zero-valent iron (ZVI) is a reactive metal and an effective reducing agent. It can be used to remove organic and inorganic pollutants (e.g., chlorinated organics, pharmaceuticals, metals, textile dyestuffs). The encapsulation of ZVI by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) in a carbonaceous matrix allows for overcoming the problems related to its lack of stability, easy aggregation, and difficulty in separating the ZVI nanoparticles from the treated solution. The case study refers to Bresso wastewater treatment plant (Milan province, Northern Italy). The environmental performances of the study were assessed following the Life Cycle Impact Assessment methods IMPACT 2002+. According to the results, the new process integration does not affect the environmental performance of the WWTP, still implying a significant improvement in the removal of metals and micropollutants. In fact, due to the ability of ZVI nanoparticles to remove organic and inorganic pollutants, the outflowing load will be significantly reduced, which will improve the environmental performance of the entire Bresso wastewater treatment plant.

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Effects of Energy Efficiency Measures in the Beef Cold Chain: A Life Cycle-based Study

Cited by 10 publications

References 11 publications

Industrial symbiosis and agri-food system: Themes, links, and relationships

Industrial symbiosis and agri-food system: Themes, links, and relationships

Assessment of Energy Efficiency Measures in Food Cold Supply Chains: A Dairy Industry Case Study

LCA of Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Algal Biomass for Polishing Treated Effluents

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