Life cycle assessment of electricity from biogas: A systematic literature review

Salvador, Rodrigo; Barros, Murillo Vetroni; Rosário, José Guilherme de Paula do; Piekarski, Cassiano Moro; Luz, Leila Mendes da; Francisco, Antônio Carlos de

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“…Methodi Ordinatio enables the construction of the state-of-the-art of a scientific theme, ranking scientific studies according to their scientific relevance, based on three elements: year of publication, impact factor and number of citations. This method allows constructing a multicriteria methodology, and has been employed by several researchers, and it has been deemed relevant enough, as studies published in high impact journals have exploited it (see Cunha et al 2019;Pagani et al 2019;Barros et al 2019;Salvador et al 2018;De Campos et al 2018).…”

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The interaction between knowledge management and technology transfer: a current literature review between 2013 and 2018

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The underlying challenges of knowledge management and technology transfer and their respective contributions to the development of society are well-known and widely discussed issues in business management. This paper aims to (1) build on the state-of-the art literature on knowledge management and technology transfer, (2) to identify the most relevant, recent studies, and main researchers working on the field worldwide, and (3) to unveil topics of recent development in the field, as well as overlap the themes. To this end, Web of Science, ScienceDirect and Scopus databases were screened for studies that explored the relevance of knowledge management and technology transfer. This research focused on the most recent studies comprising the periods of 2013-2018, while employing Metodi Ordinatio as a quality ranking method, producing thus 50 studies submitted for further analysis and appraisal. The study sought to analyze the co-occurrence of keywords on the theme, the number of citations, number of publications per country, year and journal, and the overlap between areas. This paper also enabled an analysis of the steps required for knowledge management and their relationship to technology transfer. The results showed that most studies focused on the private sector and on technology transfer for attaining innovation, customer orientation and acquiring technological abilities. The university-industry relationship was also observed, in which the focus is on universities creating and transferring knowledge in order to foment the economic and technological power of industries. The findings can assist public and private companies, non-governmental organizations, university and industry applications in terms of knowledge management and technology transfer.

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“…(a) Replacing the diesel-driven tractor with a biogas-driven one If the tractor used in the property were replaced with a biogas-driven one, the producer could use the silkworm litter from the rearing bed (which is currently just laid on the mulberry field, which practice has been reported to be of lesser efficiency compared to alternate handling (see Section 4.5, item b) to produce biogas and organic fertilizer (from the digestate) (see Salvador et al [20]) that could be then still laid on the mulberry field. The biogas could be used to power the tractor, reducing/eliminating the need for diesel and consequently reducing its related impacts.…”

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“…Among the many possible approaches to assess environmental impacts of processes and organizations, LCA seems the most promising one, since it can help minimize the environmental impacts of a given system [16], and many companies and governments view LCA as a valuable means to measure, communicate, and thus, improve product sustainability [17]. Since its rise in the 1980s, LCA has been increasingly becoming a strategic [18], solid [19], and versatile [20] tool. To Löfgren, Tillman and Rinde LCA is the most important tool for environmental management [21], whereas Bocken and Allwood conclude that LCA is the most complex but also the most complete tool for environmental assessment [22].…”

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Opportunities for Improving the Environmental Profile of Silk Cocoon Production under Brazilian Conditions

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Brazilian silk production is amongst the five largest in the world. Nonetheless, there is no life cycle assessment study on silk cocoon production and its upstream processes, pertaining to the mulberry production (fundamental upstream process for silk production), in the existing literature. The objective of this study was to identify opportunities to improve the environmental profile of mulberry and silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions. To that end, a life cycle assessment was conducted for the core processes of mulberry and silk cocoon production and upstream processes of raw material production, using the ReCiPe method for life cycle impact assessment using nine impact categories. Overall, the mulberry production showed greater impacts than the cocoon production for the impact categories analyzed. A few opportunities for improving the environmental profile of mulberry and silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions included replacing the Kraft paper used to cover the rearing beds, replacing the standard tractor used to fetch mulberry leaves, replacing light bulbs, conducting a more sustainable mulberry and cocoon production, and setting a reverse logistics system for plastic and paper packaging waste. Nevertheless, many of these measures are long-term strategies. Besides, many of them need further economic feasibility assessment.

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“…Insights on other practices might be enlightened by investigations on existing research and practices in the wood panel industry (see Reference [40][41][42]) or seeking circular economy practices on other fields (see for example Reference [52,53]) that could help build and enrich the body of circular economy in the wood panel industry.…”

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Circular Economy Practices on Wood Panels: A Bibliographic Analysis

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The scarcity of natural resources and the generation of waste without adequate disposal are a worldwide concern related to the linear production model.These characteristics are present in the wood panel production. Faced with this problem, the present study aimed to identify in the literature, circular economy (CE) practices in the waste management of wood panel production processes and the possibilities for implementing new practices that incorporate circularity concepts. A systematic search was conducted to select the most relevant work on the theme. A search was done using the ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Scopus databases by combining the following keywords: “Circular Economy” (and its possible variations), “Wood-based Panel”, and “Wood Waste”. The results evidenced circular economy practices on waste management already being used by the wood panel industry, besides potential practices to increase circularity. The changes go towards sustainable manufacturing and responsible consumption, which aims to “ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns”. Opportunities range from the extraction of raw materials to the disposal of wood panel waste at the end-of-life. The circular economy model is still recent and the process of transitioning is in its initial phase, as well as scientific research on the theme, mainly regarding the wood panel industry. Studies addressing the circular economy and wood panels are not yet widespread, pointing to a gap yet to be explored. The bibliographic review allowed identifying the existence of potential applications of circular economy in the wood panel industry; yet, this piece of research points to a broad field of exploration.

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Life cycle assessment of electricity from biogas: A systematic literature review

Cited by 40 publications

References 32 publications

The interaction between knowledge management and technology transfer: a current literature review between 2013 and 2018

The interaction between knowledge management and technology transfer: a current literature review between 2013 and 2018

Opportunities for Improving the Environmental Profile of Silk Cocoon Production under Brazilian Conditions

Circular Economy Practices on Wood Panels: A Bibliographic Analysis

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