PMID- 26196154
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160314
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 16
DP  - 2015 Aug 18
TI  - Biofuels via Fast Pyrolysis of Perennial Grasses: A Life Cycle Evaluation of 
      Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
PG  - 10007-18
LID - 10.1021/acs.est.5b00129 [doi]
AB  - A well-to-wheel (WTW) life cycle assessment (LCA) model is developed to evaluate 
      the environmental profile of producing liquid transportation fuels via fast 
      pyrolysis of perennial grasses: switchgrass and miscanthus. The framework 
      established in this study consists of (1) an agricultural model used to determine 
      biomass growth rates, agrochemical application rates, and other key parameters in 
      the production of miscanthus and switchgrass biofeedstock; (2) an ASPEN model 
      utilized to simulate thermochemical conversion via fast pyrolysis and catalytic 
      upgrading of bio-oil to renewable transportation fuel. Monte Carlo analysis is 
      performed to determine statistical bounds for key sustainability and performance 
      measures including life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and Energy Return on 
      Investment (EROI). The results of this work reveal that the EROI and GHG 
      emissions (gCO2e/MJ-fuel) for fast pyrolysis derived fuels range from 1.52 to 
      2.56 and 22.5 to 61.0 respectively, over the host of scenarios evaluated. Further 
      analysis reveals that the energetic performance and GHG reduction potential of 
      fast pyrolysis-derived fuels are highly sensitive to the choice of coproduct 
      scenario and LCA allocation scheme, and in select cases can change the life cycle 
      carbon balance from meeting to exceeding the renewable fuel standard emissions 
      reduction threshold for cellulosic biofuels.
FAU - Zaimes, George G
AU  - Zaimes GG
AD  - daggerSwanson School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental 
      Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United 
      States.
FAU - Soratana, Kullapa
AU  - Soratana K
AD  - double daggerSchool of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State 
      University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States.
AD  -  section signKullapa Soratana is also a member of the faculty at School of Logistics and 
      Supply Chain, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand.
FAU - Harden, Cheyenne L
AU  - Harden CL
AD  - double daggerSchool of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State 
      University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States.
FAU - Landis, Amy E
AU  - Landis AE
AD  - double daggerSchool of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State 
      University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States.
FAU - Khanna, Vikas
AU  - Khanna V
AD  - daggerSwanson School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental 
      Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United 
      States.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150806
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Biofuels)
SB  - IM
MH  - Agriculture
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Biofuels/*analysis
MH  - Carbon Cycle
MH  - Fossils
MH  - *Greenhouse Effect
MH  - Panicum/chemistry
MH  - Poaceae/*chemistry
MH  - Renewable Energy
MH  - *Temperature
MH  - Thermodynamics
EDAT- 2015/07/22 06:00
MHDA- 2016/03/15 06:00
CRDT- 2015/07/22 06:00
PHST- 2015/07/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/07/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/03/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/acs.est.5b00129 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2015 Aug 18;49(16):10007-18. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00129. 
      Epub 2015 Aug 6.