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Using agricultural residues for sustainable transportation biofuels in 2050: Case of West Africa

Gnansounou, Edgard  
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Pachon, Elia Ruiz  
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Sinsin, Brice
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June 1, 2020
Bioresource Technology

This article focuses on the use of biomass to produce transportation fuels such as synthetic natural gas, bioethanol and electricity under a sustainable scenario in West Africa in 2050. The aim of this work was to evaluate the feasibility of producing such biofuels using agricultural residues as feedstock in the studied area. The potential of biomass from ten agricultural residues was estimated in R environment using FAO data. Options were analyzed in order to generate portfolios of transportation fuels based on energy indicators, biomass availability and scenarios of technological progress. The optimal allocation varied from one country to the other, showing a fair tradeoff between the objective functions.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123080
Web of Science ID

WOS:000522033100049

Author(s)
Gnansounou, Edgard  
Pachon, Elia Ruiz  
Sinsin, Brice
Teka, Oscar
Togbe, Euloge
Mahamane, Ali
Date Issued

2020-06-01

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Bioresource Technology
Volume

305

Article Number

123080

Subjects

Agricultural Engineering

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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

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Energy & Fuels

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Agriculture

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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

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Energy & Fuels

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west africa

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bioethanol

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sng

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electric car

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multiobjective optimization

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