Life cycle assessment of residual forestry biomass chips at a power plant: a Portuguese case study
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Resumo: | The residual forest biomass (RFB) sector has been experiencing strong development at European level and particularly in Portugal mainly due to the increase of energy production from renewable sources. The aim of this study is to assess the environmental impacts of eucalyptus RFB chips production chain in Portugal. The environmental and economic impact comparison of the processes included in the production chain is presented as well. The environmental impacts were calculated by the life cycle assessment approach described in the ISO 14040 series of standards. The production chain assessed included all processes from eucalyptus forest until the delivery of RFB chips at the power plant. The main conclusion of this study is that eucalyptus wood production is the process that presents the greatest environmental impact through the product life cycle. |
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Life cycle assessment of residual forestry biomass chips at a power plant: a Portuguese case studyForestryLife cycle assessmentRenewable energyResidual forestry biomassWood energyThe residual forest biomass (RFB) sector has been experiencing strong development at European level and particularly in Portugal mainly due to the increase of energy production from renewable sources. The aim of this study is to assess the environmental impacts of eucalyptus RFB chips production chain in Portugal. The environmental and economic impact comparison of the processes included in the production chain is presented as well. The environmental impacts were calculated by the life cycle assessment approach described in the ISO 14040 series of standards. The production chain assessed included all processes from eucalyptus forest until the delivery of RFB chips at the power plant. The main conclusion of this study is that eucalyptus wood production is the process that presents the greatest environmental impact through the product life cycle.Springer Berlin HeidelbergRepositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de ViseuFerreira, JoséViana, Helder Filipe dos SantosEsteves, BrunoCruz-Lopes, LuísaDomingos, Idalina2016-11-17T08:59:08Z20142014-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/3434engFerreira, J.V., Viana, H., Esteves, B., et al.(2014). International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 5: 86. doi:10.1007/s40095-014-0086-42251-683210.1007/s40095-014-0086-4info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-01-16T15:26:46ZPortal AgregadorONG |
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Life cycle assessment of residual forestry biomass chips at a power plant: a Portuguese case study |
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Life cycle assessment of residual forestry biomass chips at a power plant: a Portuguese case study |
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Life cycle assessment of residual forestry biomass chips at a power plant: a Portuguese case study Ferreira, José Forestry Life cycle assessment Renewable energy Residual forestry biomass Wood energy |
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Life cycle assessment of residual forestry biomass chips at a power plant: a Portuguese case study |
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Life cycle assessment of residual forestry biomass chips at a power plant: a Portuguese case study |
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Life cycle assessment of residual forestry biomass chips at a power plant: a Portuguese case study |
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Life cycle assessment of residual forestry biomass chips at a power plant: a Portuguese case study |
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Life cycle assessment of residual forestry biomass chips at a power plant: a Portuguese case study |
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Ferreira, José |
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Ferreira, José Viana, Helder Filipe dos Santos Esteves, Bruno Cruz-Lopes, Luísa Domingos, Idalina |
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Viana, Helder Filipe dos Santos Esteves, Bruno Cruz-Lopes, Luísa Domingos, Idalina |
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Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu |
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Ferreira, José Viana, Helder Filipe dos Santos Esteves, Bruno Cruz-Lopes, Luísa Domingos, Idalina |
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Forestry Life cycle assessment Renewable energy Residual forestry biomass Wood energy |
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Forestry Life cycle assessment Renewable energy Residual forestry biomass Wood energy |
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The residual forest biomass (RFB) sector has been experiencing strong development at European level and particularly in Portugal mainly due to the increase of energy production from renewable sources. The aim of this study is to assess the environmental impacts of eucalyptus RFB chips production chain in Portugal. The environmental and economic impact comparison of the processes included in the production chain is presented as well. The environmental impacts were calculated by the life cycle assessment approach described in the ISO 14040 series of standards. The production chain assessed included all processes from eucalyptus forest until the delivery of RFB chips at the power plant. The main conclusion of this study is that eucalyptus wood production is the process that presents the greatest environmental impact through the product life cycle. |
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2014 |
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2014 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2016-11-17T08:59:08Z |
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Ferreira, J.V., Viana, H., Esteves, B., et al.(2014). International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 5: 86. doi:10.1007/s40095-014-0086-4 2251-6832 10.1007/s40095-014-0086-4 |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
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