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Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Book2020

Edited by:

Jingzheng Ren, Antonio Scipioni, ... Hanwei Liang

Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Book2020

 

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Edited by:

Jingzheng Ren, Antonio Scipioni, ... Hanwei Liang

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    Chapter 1 - Biofuels technologies: An overview of feedstocks, processes, and technologies

    Jadwiga R. Ziolkowska

    Pages 1-19

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    Chapter 2 - Biofuel transitions: An overview of regulations and standards for a more sustainable framework

    Piergiuseppe Morone, Andrzej Strzałkowski and Almona Tani

    Pages 21-46

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    Chapter 3 - Triple bottom line, sustainability and sustainability assessment, an overview

    Serenella Sala

    Pages 47-72

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    Chapter 4 - Indicators for sustainability assessment of biofuels: Economic, environmental, social, and technological dimensions

    Osvaldo José Venturini, Juarez Corrêa Furtado Júnior, ... Electo Eduardo Silva Lora

    Pages 73-113

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    Chapter 5 - Life cycle sustainability assessment in the energy sector

    Laurence Stamford

    Pages 115-163

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    Chapter 6 - Hot-spots and lessons learned from life cycle sustainability assessment of inedible vegetable-oil based biodiesel in Northern Viet Nam

    Tu Anh Nguyen, Keito Nakagawa, ... Koji Otsuka

    Pages 165-212

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    Chapter 7 - A life cycle assessment of tri-generation from biomass waste: The experience of the “agro-combined” of Thibar

    Sonia Longo, Maurizio Cellura, ... Marina Mistretta

    Pages 213-226

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    Chapter 8 - Life-cycle costing: Analysis of biofuel production systems

    Luis F. Razon, Dinh Sy Khang, ... Michael Angelo B. Promentilla

    Pages 227-253

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    Chapter 9 - Social life cycle assessment of biofuel production

    Rosana Adami Mattioda, David Ribeiro Tavares, ... Osiris Canciglieri Junior

    Pages 255-271

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    Chapter 10 - Key issue, challenges, and status quo of models for biofuel supply chain design

    Kai Lan, Sunkyu Park and Yuan Yao

    Pages 273-315

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    Chapter 11 - Fuzzy multicriteria decision making on ranking the biofuels production pathways

    Yue Liu, Ruojue Lin and Jingzheng Ren

    Pages 317-335

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    Chapter 12 - Prioritization of biofuels production pathways under uncertainties

    Ruojue Lin, Yue Liu and Jingzheng Ren

    Pages 337-356

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    Chapter 13 - A multicriteria intuitionistic fuzzy group decision-making method for sustainability ranking of biofuel production pathways

    Yi Man, Jingzheng Ren, ... Yue Liu

    Pages 357-376

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    Chapter 14 - An aggregated life cycle sustainability index for ranking biofuel production pathways

    Jingzheng Ren, Yi Man, ... Ruojue Lin

    Pages 377-390

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    Index

    Pages 391-400

About the book

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Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-criteria Decision Making provides a comprehensive sustainability analysis of biofuels based on life cycle thinking and develops various multi-dimensional decision-making techniques for prioritizing biofuel production technologies. Taking a transversal approach, the book combines life cycle sustainability assessment, life cycle assessment, life cycle costing analysis, social life cycle assessment, sustainability metrics, triple bottom line, operations research methods, and supply chain design for investigating the critical factors and key enablers that influence the sustainable development of biofuel industry.

This book will equip researchers and policymakers in the energy sector with the scientific methodology and metrics needed to develop strategies for viable sustainability transition. It will be a key resource for students, researchers and practitioners seeking to deepen their knowledge on energy planning and current and future trends of biofuel as an alternative fuel.

Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-criteria Decision Making provides a comprehensive sustainability analysis of biofuels based on life cycle thinking and develops various multi-dimensional decision-making techniques for prioritizing biofuel production technologies. Taking a transversal approach, the book combines life cycle sustainability assessment, life cycle assessment, life cycle costing analysis, social life cycle assessment, sustainability metrics, triple bottom line, operations research methods, and supply chain design for investigating the critical factors and key enablers that influence the sustainable development of biofuel industry.

This book will equip researchers and policymakers in the energy sector with the scientific methodology and metrics needed to develop strategies for viable sustainability transition. It will be a key resource for students, researchers and practitioners seeking to deepen their knowledge on energy planning and current and future trends of biofuel as an alternative fuel.

Key Features

  • Provides an innovative approach to promoting sustainable development in biofuel production by linking supply chain design and decision support with the life cycle perspective
  • Features case studies and examples that illustrate the theory and methods developed
  • Includes material on corporate social responsibility and economic analysis of biofuels that is highly useful to policy-makers and administrators in both government and enterprise sectors
  • Provides an innovative approach to promoting sustainable development in biofuel production by linking supply chain design and decision support with the life cycle perspective
  • Features case studies and examples that illustrate the theory and methods developed
  • Includes material on corporate social responsibility and economic analysis of biofuels that is highly useful to policy-makers and administrators in both government and enterprise sectors

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ISBN

978-0-12-815581-3

Language

English

Published

2020

Copyright

Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Imprint

Elsevier

Editors

Jingzheng Ren

Antonio Scipioni

Alessandro Manzardo

Hanwei Liang