IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v185y2022icp1261-1271.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Environmental life cycle analysis of a modern commercial-scale fibreglass composite-based biogas scrubbing system

Author

Listed:
  • Rasheed, Rizwan
  • Tahir, Fizza
  • Yasar, Abdullah
  • Sharif, Faiza
  • Tabinda, Amtul Bari
  • Ahmad, Sajid Rashid
  • Wang, Yubo
  • Su, Yuehong

Abstract

There are progressive trends in biogas scrubbing technologies. These technologies are mainly aimed at supplying cleaner biomethane by removing CO2. With increasing progress in the field, their environmental assessment is also becoming important. This study is focused on the life cycle analysis (LCA) of a modern commercial-scale biogas scrubbing-filtration system, exclusively made of fibreglass reinforced composite material. This system can effectively scrub CO2, sulphides, siloxanes, the water content of the biogas and provide up to 85% pure biomethane. The environmental sustainability of the scrubbing system is deliberated in terms of LCA scores for four feedstock ratios of cow/buffalo manure (CBM) and potato waste (PW) depicted as CBM100:PW0, CBM75:PW25, CBM50:PW50 and CBM0:PW100. A functional unit of 100 m3 of biogas and six LCA categories (climate change, terrestrial acidification, freshwater ecotoxicity, water consumption, fossil depletion and human toxicity) were selected. The significant impacts are determined in the categories of climate change (kg of CO2 eq.) as −1.20, 1.11, 1.07, −1.16, and fossil depletion (kg of oil eq.) as −9.50, 8.27, 8.01 and −9.91 for the four respective feedstock variants, CBM100:PW0, CBM75:PW25, CBM50:PW50 and CBM0:PW100. The feedstock CBM100:PW0 posed the least climate change impact and for the fossil depletion category, CBM0:PW100 is the least burdensome.

Suggested Citation

  • Rasheed, Rizwan & Tahir, Fizza & Yasar, Abdullah & Sharif, Faiza & Tabinda, Amtul Bari & Ahmad, Sajid Rashid & Wang, Yubo & Su, Yuehong, 2022. "Environmental life cycle analysis of a modern commercial-scale fibreglass composite-based biogas scrubbing system," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 185(C), pages 1261-1271.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:185:y:2022:i:c:p:1261-1271
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.12.119
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148121018462
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2021.12.119?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Ciro Florio & Gabriella Fiorentino & Fabiana Corcelli & Sergio Ulgiati & Stefano Dumontet & Joshua Güsewell & Ludger Eltrop, 2019. "A Life Cycle Assessment of Biomethane Production from Waste Feedstock Through Different Upgrading Technologies," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-12, February.
    2. Alaswad, A. & Dassisti, M. & Prescott, T. & Olabi, A.G., 2015. "Technologies and developments of third generation biofuel production," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 1446-1460.
    3. Kapdi, S.S. & Vijay, V.K. & Rajesh, S.K. & Prasad, Rajendra, 2005. "Biogas scrubbing, compression and storage: perspective and prospectus in Indian context," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 30(8), pages 1195-1202.
    4. Yasar, Abdullah & Nazir, Saba & Rasheed, Rizwan & Tabinda, Amtul Bari & Nazar, Masooma, 2017. "Economic review of different designs of biogas plants at household level in Pakistan," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 221-229.
    5. Rasheed, Rizwan & Khan, Naghman & Yasar, Abdullah & Su, Yuehong & Tabinda, Amtul Bari, 2016. "Design and cost-benefit analysis of a novel anaerobic industrial bioenergy plant in Pakistan," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 242-247.
    6. Fiorentino, Gabriella & Zucaro, Amalia & Ulgiati, Sergio, 2019. "Towards an energy efficient chemistry. Switching from fossil to bio-based products in a life cycle perspective," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 170(C), pages 720-729.
    7. Mark D. Staples & Robert Malina & Steven R. H. Barrett, 2017. "The limits of bioenergy for mitigating global life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 2(2), pages 1-8, February.
    8. Hijazi, O. & Munro, S. & Zerhusen, B. & Effenberger, M., 2016. "Review of life cycle assessment for biogas production in Europe," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 1291-1300.
    9. Yasar, Abdullah & Rasheed, Rizwan & Tabinda, Amtul Bari & Tahir, Aleena & Sarwar, Friha, 2017. "Life cycle assessment of a medium commercial scale biogas plant and nutritional assessment of effluent slurry," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 364-371.
    10. Sun, Qie & Li, Hailong & Yan, Jinying & Liu, Longcheng & Yu, Zhixin & Yu, Xinhai, 2015. "Selection of appropriate biogas upgrading technology-a review of biogas cleaning, upgrading and utilisation," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 521-532.
    11. Bo Liu & Deepak Rajagopal, 2019. "Life-cycle energy and climate benefits of energy recovery from wastes and biomass residues in the United States," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 4(8), pages 700-708, August.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Izabela Samson-Bręk & Marlena Owczuk & Anna Matuszewska & Krzysztof Biernat, 2022. "Environmental Assessment of the Life Cycle of Electricity Generation from Biogas in Polish Conditions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-22, August.
    2. Mehta, Neha & Anderson, Aine & Johnston, Christopher R. & Rooney, David W., 2022. "Evaluating the opportunity for utilising anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis of livestock manure and grass silage to decarbonise gas infrastructure: A Northern Ireland case study," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 196(C), pages 343-357.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Hijazi, O. & Abdelsalam, E. & Samer, M. & Attia, Y.A. & Amer, B.M.A. & Amer, M.A. & Badr, M. & Bernhardt, H., 2020. "Life cycle assessment of the use of nanomaterials in biogas production from anaerobic digestion of manure," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 417-424.
    2. Zhang, Yuyao & Kawasaki, Yu & Oshita, Kazuyuki & Takaoka, Masaki & Minami, Daisuke & Inoue, Go & Tanaka, Toshihiro, 2021. "Economic assessment of biogas purification systems for removal of both H2S and siloxane from biogas," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 119-130.
    3. Apoorva Upadhyay & Andrey A. Kovalev & Elena A. Zhuravleva & Dmitriy A. Kovalev & Yuriy V. Litti & Shyam Kumar Masakapalli & Nidhi Pareek & Vivekanand Vivekanand, 2022. "Recent Development in Physical, Chemical, Biological and Hybrid Biogas Upgradation Techniques," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-30, December.
    4. Hollas, C.E. & Bolsan, A.C. & Chini, A. & Venturin, B. & Bonassa, G. & Cândido, D. & Antes, F.G. & Steinmetz, R.L.R. & Prado, N.V. & Kunz, A., 2021. "Effects of swine manure storage time on solid-liquid separation and biogas production: A life-cycle assessment approach," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).
    5. Abdelsalam, E. & Hijazi, O. & Samer, M. & Yacoub, I.H. & Ali, A.S. & Ahmed, R.H. & Bernhardt, H., 2019. "Life cycle assessment of the use of laser radiation in biogas production from anaerobic digestion of manure," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 130-136.
    6. Lombardi, Lidia & Francini, Giovanni, 2020. "Techno-economic and environmental assessment of the main biogas upgrading technologies," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 440-458.
    7. M. Samer & O. Hijazi & E. M. Abdelsalam & A. El-Hussein & Y. A. Attia & I. H. Yacoub & H. Bernhardt, 2021. "Life cycle assessment of using laser treatment and nanomaterials to produce biogas through anaerobic digestion of slurry," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(10), pages 14683-14696, October.
    8. Qyyum, Muhammad Abdul & Haider, Junaid & Qadeer, Kinza & Valentina, Valentina & Khan, Amin & Yasin, Muhammad & Aslam, Muhammad & De Guido, Giorgia & Pellegrini, Laura A. & Lee, Moonyong, 2020. "Biogas to liquefied biomethane: Assessment of 3P's–Production, processing, and prospects," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    9. Muhamed Rasit Atelge & Halil Senol & Mohammed Djaafri & Tulin Avci Hansu & David Krisa & Abdulaziz Atabani & Cigdem Eskicioglu & Hamdi Muratçobanoğlu & Sebahattin Unalan & Slimane Kalloum & Nuri Azbar, 2021. "A Critical Overview of the State-of-the-Art Methods for Biogas Purification and Utilization Processes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-39, October.
    10. Anna Pääkkönen & Kalle Aro & Pami Aalto & Jukka Konttinen & Matti Kojo, 2019. "The Potential of Biomethane in Replacing Fossil Fuels in Heavy Transport—A Case Study on Finland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(17), pages 1-19, August.
    11. Khan, Muhammad Usman & Lee, Jonathan Tian En & Bashir, Muhammad Aamir & Dissanayake, Pavani Dulanja & Ok, Yong Sik & Tong, Yen Wah & Shariati, Mohammad Ali & Wu, Sarah & Ahring, Birgitte Kiaer, 2021. "Current status of biogas upgrading for direct biomethane use: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    12. Elena Tamburini & Mattias Gaglio & Giuseppe Castaldelli & Elisa Anna Fano, 2020. "Is Bioenergy Truly Sustainable When Land-Use-Change (LUC) Emissions Are Accounted for? The Case-Study of Biogas from Agricultural Biomass in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-20, April.
    13. Robert Czubaszek & Agnieszka Wysocka-Czubaszek & Piotr Banaszuk, 2020. "GHG Emissions and Efficiency of Energy Generation through Anaerobic Fermentation of Wetland Biomass," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-25, December.
    14. Yasar, Abdullah & Nazir, Saba & Rasheed, Rizwan & Tabinda, Amtul Bari & Nazar, Masooma, 2017. "Economic review of different designs of biogas plants at household level in Pakistan," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 221-229.
    15. Ren, Lei & Zhou, Sheng & Ou, Xunmin, 2023. "The carbon reduction potential of hydrogen in the low carbon transition of the iron and steel industry: The case of China," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
    16. Yasar, Abdullah & Nazir, Saba & Tabinda, Amtul Bari & Nazar, Masooma & Rasheed, Rizwan & Afzaal, Muhammad, 2017. "Socio-economic, health and agriculture benefits of rural household biogas plants in energy scarce developing countries: A case study from Pakistan," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 19-25.
    17. Achinas, Spyridon & Willem Euverink, Gerrit Jan, 2020. "Rambling facets of manure-based biogas production in Europe: A briefing," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    18. Mairi J. Black & Amitava Roy & Edson Twinomunuji & Francis Kemausuor & Richard Oduro & Matthew Leach & Jhuma Sadhukhan & Richard Murphy, 2021. "Bottled Biogas—An Opportunity for Clean Cooking in Ghana and Uganda," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-14, June.
    19. Jozef R. Pattiruhu, 2020. "The Impact of Budget, Accountability Mechanisms and Renewable Energy Consumption on Environmentally Sustainable Development: Evidence from Indonesia," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 10(6), pages 697-703.
    20. Svetlana Zueva & Andrey A. Kovalev & Yury V. Litti & Nicolò M. Ippolito & Valentina Innocenzi & Ida De Michelis, 2021. "Environmental and Economic Aspects of Biomethane Production from Organic Waste in Russia," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-8, August.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:185:y:2022:i:c:p:1261-1271. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.