Abstract
Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) in Poland is still a relatively new method of estimating the environmental impact of production processes. It enables the assessment of the environmental risks associated with the product system or activity, either through the identification and quantification of materials and energy used and waste introduced into the environment, as well as assess their impact on the environment. LCA method application also enables the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of energy from renewable sources. This paper presents the results of the simplified life cycle analysis of electricity production process from agricultural biogas used as an engine fuel. LCA analysis was conducted based on data from one of the national biogas plants. The selection criterion was based on the availability of substrates (maize silage, distillery slop and sugar beet pulp) and the possibility of obtaining high quality data for analysis (actual data based on the existing biogas plant). In addition, the environmental impact of the biogas power generation technology obtained through the methane fermentation process only of waste materials (distillery slop, sugar beet pulp) and coprocessing of waste and maize silage was compared.
Highlights
Ecological effects of use biogas to supply the internal combustion engine in the electricity generation process – results of life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis
The selection criterion was based on the availability of substrates and the possibility of obtaining high quality data for analysis
One of the most popular definitions of LCA available in the literature is the definition proposed by Fava et al According to this author environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a technique designed to assess the environmental risks associated with the product system or activity, either by identifying and quantifying energy and materials used and wastes introduced into the environment, as well as the impact of those materials, energy and waste on the environment
Summary
Ecological effects of use biogas to supply the internal combustion engine in the electricity generation process – results of LCA analysis. Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) in Poland is still a relatively new method of estimating the environmental impact of production processes It enables the assessment of the environmental risks associated with the product system or activity, either through the identification and quantification of materials and energy used and waste introduced into the environment, as well as assess their impact on the environment. The environmental impact of the biogas power generation technology obtained through the methane fermentation process only of waste materials (distillery slop, sugar beet pulp) and coprocessing of waste and maize silage was compared. The method enable for quantitative identification of all materials and energy consumed to produce the product, as well as particulate and gaseous emissions, noise and radiation emissions and waste generation, allowing efficient management of the production process and reducing economic and environmental costs. Thanks to such a comprehensive and systematic approach to production processes, LCA has become such a popular and widely used management technique
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