Life cycle assessment of rice straw-based power generation in Malaysia

Shafie, Shafini Mohd; Masjuki, H.H.; Mahlia, T.M.I.

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2014.04.014

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“…The climate change mitigation benefits of the agricultural residue gasification system are assessed based on the findings of a number of life cycle assessment studies (Shafie et al 2014;Ruiz et al 2013;Zanchi et al 2013). …”

Section: Environmental Impact Assessment Of the Esco Modelmentioning

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Energy recovery from domestic and agro-waste streams in Uganda: a socioeconomic assessment

Gebrezgabher¹,

Amewu²,

Taron³

et al. 2016

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Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) is a subprogram of the CGIAR ResearchProgram on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) dedicated to applied research on the safe recovery of water, nutrients and energy from domestic and agro-industrial waste streams. This subprogram aims to create impact through different lines of action research, including (i) developing and testing scalable RRR business models, (ii) assessing and mitigating risks from RRR for public health and the environment, (iii) supporting public and private entities with innovative approaches for the safe reuse of wastewater and organic waste, and (iv) improving rural-urban linkages and resource allocations while minimizing the negative urban footprint on the peri-urban environment. This sub-program works closely with the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations University (UNU), and many national and international partners across the globe. The RRR series of documents present summaries and reviews of the sub-program's research and resulting application guidelines, targeting development experts and others in the research for development continuum.

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Section: Environmental Impact Assessment Of the Esco Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The GHG and other emission effects from open burning were estimated based on Shafie et al 2014 andSparrevik et al 2012 (Table 16). …”

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Energy recovery from domestic and agro-waste streams in Uganda: a socioeconomic assessment

Gebrezgabher¹,

Amewu²,

Taron³

et al. 2016

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“…The main method used to evaluate the environmental benefits of straw reuse technologies is life cycle assessment (LCA); using this metric, straw reuse technologies were also shown to compare favorably to coal and natural gas by contributing to GHG reduction [36,[51][52][53].…”

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Emergy Evaluation of Different Straw Reuse Technologies in Northeast China

Zhang

2015

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Open burning of straw in China has degraded agricultural environments and has become a contributor to air pollution. Development of efficient straw-reuse technologies not only can yield economic benefits but also can protect the environment and can provide greater benefit to society. Thus, the overall benefits of straw-reuse technologies must be considered when making regional development planning and enterprise technology decisions. In addition, agricultural areas in China cross several climatic zones and have different weather characteristics and cultural conditions. In the present study, we assessed five types of straw-reuse technologies (straw-biogas production, -briquetting, -based power generation, -gasification, and -bioethanol production), using emergy analysis, in northeast China. Within each type, five individual cases were investigated, and the highest-performing cases were used for comparison across technologies. Emergy indices for comprehensive benefits for each category, namely, EYR, ELR, and ESI were calculated. Calculated indices suggest that straw-briquetting and -biogas production are the most beneficial technologies in terms of economy, environmental impact, and sustainability compared to straw-based power generation, -gasification, and -bioethanol production technologies. These two technologies can thus be considered the most suitable for straw reuse in China.

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“…Nevertheless, recently the abundance amount of agricultural residue produced, such as rice straw with global production of about 731 million tons annually, has become an important subject as a source of fuel for energy generation [1], [5], as improperly managed such organic wastes the same as wasting a potential energy value at once threatening the environmental quality. Currently, an open-field burning is one of the most common practice of handling rice straw by the farmers after the harvesting period in many countries in Asia including Malaysia [1], [6], [7], due to its feasible process, inexpensive and there are no markets for straw [8]. However, this activity can give a bad health effect towards children and patients with asthma particularly, as particles produced by the rice straw burning can easily invade the lungs causing a respiratory disease.…”

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Assessment of potential biogas production from rice straw leachate in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

Rosli¹,

Idrus²,

N.³

et al. 2016

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This study evaluates the potential of Rice Straw Leachate (RSL) to generate biogas and investigate its biodegradability by determining the differences between the theoretical yield and the actual one at its increasing organic loading rate. Seven litre working volume of Up-Flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactor is employed under mesophilic condition at temperature of 38 for approximately 17 consecutive weeks. The process performance was evaluated based on the efficiency of COD removal and Specific Methane Production (SMP) in relation to the other parameters such as pH, Organic Loading Rate (OLR), Total Ammonia Nitrogen (TAN) and alkalinity ratio. The OLR were varied at 0.43, 0.55, 0.9 and 1.55g COD/L/d with average COD removal of 79%, 81.2%, 76.1%, and 75.8% respectively. The stability of anaerobic digestion of RSL in UASB was found maintained at an increasing OLR with indicator of pH, TAN and IA/PA ratio that always maintain in the range of 6.5-6.8, below 200mg/L and 0.3 respectively. Meanwhile, the optimum average SMP and COD removal efficiency were 0.18L CH 4 g -1 COD rem and 81.2% respectively, at applied OLR of 0.55g COD/L/d. This study also revealed a relatively high deviation of SMP from its theoretical value, indicating its low degradability and the limitation of nutrient factors present in RSL.

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Life cycle assessment of rice straw-based power generation in Malaysia

Cited by 116 publications

References 49 publications

Energy recovery from domestic and agro-waste streams in Uganda: a socioeconomic assessment

Energy recovery from domestic and agro-waste streams in Uganda: a socioeconomic assessment

Emergy Evaluation of Different Straw Reuse Technologies in Northeast China

Assessment of potential biogas production from rice straw leachate in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

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