Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals
Green-Economy: Systems Analysis for Sustainability

Provides interdisciplinary methods for performing a comprehensive evaluation of technology/product/policy alternatives in the emerging green economy

Ganti S. Murthy (Edited by), Edgard Gnansounou (Edited by), Samir Kumar Khanal (Edited by), Ashok Pandey (Edited by)

9780128192429, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 22 September 2021

418 pages
23.5 x 19 x 2.6 cm, 1 kg

Systems analysis for sustainability is an emerging discipline where technologies, processes or policies are evaluated comprehensively for sustainability. Trifold sustainability metrics such as technical feasibility, economic viability and environmental impacts are commonly used to assess sustainability. In addition to these metrics, it is important to consider resource sustainability, policies and social aspects for evaluating the sustainability of any proposed alternative. Green-Economy: Systems Analysis for Sustainability provides a theoretical background to perform such analyses and detailed case studies. The first part of this book introduces methods and tools to perform technical feasibility analysis, economic viability analysis, environmental impacts assessment, environmental risk assessment, resource sustainability assessment, policy and social aspects of technologies, general logic-based sustainability assessment for green products and introduces resilience thinking. The second part of the book focuses on case studies with an emphasis on solar energy, biofuels and bioproducts from across the globe.

1. Systems Analysis: Historical background
2. Techno-economic Analysis
3. Environmental Impacts
4. Environmental Risk Analysis
5. Resource Sustainability
6. Policy, Governance and Social Aspects
7. Resilience Thinking
8. General Logic-Based Method for Assessing the Greenness of Products and Systems

Part II: Applications and Case studies
9. Biofuels in US (Bioethanol first and second generation)
10. Solar and Wind Energy in India
11. Solar and Wind Energy in US
12. Biofuels, Biopolymers and Bioproducts in India
13. Solar and Wind Energy in Europe
14. Renewable Energy and Decentralized Fertilizer Production
15. Regional Strategy of Advanced Biofuels for Transportation in West Africa
16. Advanced Biofuels for Transportation in West Africa: Common Referential State-Based Strategies
17. Semantic Sustainability Characterization: A Case Study
18. Solid Biofuels
19. Potential Value-added Products from Wineries Residues

Subject Areas: Biochemical engineering [TC]