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Conversion of vine shoots into bioethanol and chemicals: Prospective LCA of biorefinery concept

Pachon, Elia Ruiz  
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Mandade, Prasad  
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Gnansounou, Edgard  
May 1, 2020
Bioresource Technology

Vine shoots are the viticulture residues generated in high quantities after the grapevine pruning. They are lignocellulosic material poorly exploited as feedstock. These wastes are often dumped in the agriculture fields or burnt. Due to their availability and relatively low price, vine shoots are considered as potential feedstock for biochemical conversion into value-added products. In this work, two biorefinery scenarios using vine shoots as feedstock to co-produce chemicals are assessed from an environmental point of view: production of lactic acid, and co-production of lactic acid and furfural. A CHP area was considered to be annexed to the plants to produce heat and electricity for internal use. The Aspen Plus and SimaPro commercial software were used to perform the LCA of the selected scenarios. The assessed scenarios demonstrate significant reductions in climate change, fossil fuel depletion, freshwater ecotoxicity and eutrophication and human toxicity impacts compared to their counterfactual systems.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122946
Web of Science ID

WOS:000516839600009

Author(s)
Pachon, Elia Ruiz  
Mandade, Prasad  
Gnansounou, Edgard  
Date Issued

2020-05-01

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Bioresource Technology
Volume

303

Article Number

122946

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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lca

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furfural

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lactic acid

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vine shoots

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biorefinery

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life-cycle assessment

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lactic-acid

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furfural production

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fermentation

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wastes

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March 25, 2020
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