Life Cycle Assessment of Biomass Use in the Torrefaction Process

Bałazińska, Maria

doi:10.15244/pjoes/74020

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“…However, all of these studies set a limited system boundary, which fail to consider the palm plantation management and consumption processes. Bałazińska (2017) revealed the life-cycle GHG emissions of PKS torrefaction in Poland but evaluated data just after the PKS generating point. Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting (2019) described the life-cycle GHG emissions of using PKS for power generation in their report; however, the report primarily discusses life-cycle GHG emissions of palm oil and that of PKS as only supplemental information.…”

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Life‐cycle greenhouse gas emissions in power generation using palm kernel shell

Sato

Aikawa²,

Goh

et al. 2022

GCB Bioenergy

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Palm kernel shell (PKS) utilization for power generation has greatly increased in Japan since the introduction of the feed‐in tariff (FIT) in 2012. However, the FIT fails to consider the entire palm industry while evaluating the environmental impacts of using PKS. Therefore, this study aimed to elucidate the life‐cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of power generation using PKS. We targeted two PKS‐firing power plants as these are the first two instances of the use of PKS in power plants in Japan. A system boundary was established to cover palm plantation management in Indonesia and Malaysia, as both power plants import PKS from these countries. The GHG emissions were derived from land‐use change, palm plantation, oil extraction, PKS transportation, and power plants. Six scenarios were examined for the emissions based on the type of land‐use change and the existence of biogas capture in oil extraction. CO2 emissions from PKS combustion were also calculated by assuming that carbon neutrality was lost because of cultivation abandonment. The GHG emissions in one scenario, where the plantations were replanted and continuously managed and no biogas capture implemented in oil extraction, exhibited an average of 0.134 kg‐CO2eq/kWh reduction in a plant in Kyushu District, and 0.043 kg‐CO2eq/kWh reduction in a plant in Shikoku District for liquid natural gas‐fired steam power generation, respectively. More than 65% of life‐cycle GHG emissions originate from biogas generated during oil extraction; thus, biogas capture is an effective strategy to reduce current emissions. In contrast, in the case of accompanying land‐use change or collapse of carbon neutrality, the emissions considerably exceeded those of fossil fuels. These findings indicated that the FIT fails to consider the risk of increased emissions or further substantial emission reductions. Therefore, the feasibility of FIT application to PKS needs to be re‐established by evaluating the entire PKS life cycle.

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Life‐cycle greenhouse gas emissions in power generation using palm kernel shell

Sato

Aikawa²,

Goh

et al. 2022

GCB Bioenergy

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“…At the Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal (IChPW) in Zabrze for several last years, research on development of autothermal biomass carbonization technology, production of pelleted fuels from torrefied biomass, combustion test, as well as environmental aspects of biomass torrefaction technology have been performed [18,21,[24][25][26]40].…”

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Utilization of waste forest biomass: pelletization studies of torrefied sawmill wood chips

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The paper presents the effects pelletization process of torrefied waste forest biomass -sawmill wastes. The sawmill waste are generated in significant quantities and has significant energy potential. The use of torrefaction and pelletization process enables to produce mechanically durable fuel pellets. Aim of the studies was to evaluate the effect of different kind of additives (binders) to torrefied waste forest biomass on pelletization process characteristic (production capacity, energy consumption) and properties of produced pellets (i.e. density, mechanical durability). The most effective binder among the tested was modified wheat starch. Pellets made with this addition were characterized by the highest mechanical strength.

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