Sustainability of Methylic and Ethylic Biodiesel Production Routes
Social and Environmental Impacts via Multi-criteria and Principal Component Analyses using Brazilian Case Studies

An analytical and quantitative approach to assessing the sustainability of ethylic and methylic biodiesel production routes based on the Brazilian bioenergy sector

Stefano Ferrari Interlenghi (Author), José Luiz de Medeiros (Author), Ofélia de Queiroz Fernandes Araújo (Author)

9780443219429, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 9 August 2023

216 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm, 1 kg

Sustainability of Methylic and Ethylic Biodiesel Production Routes: Social and Environmental Impacts via Multi-criteria and Principal Component Analyses using Brazilian Case Studies presents an innovative, quantitative methodology for the assessment of the social and environmental sustainability of methylic and ethylic production routes. Sections explain the key steps in assessing the social and environmental impacts of biofuel production chains, including an overview of biodiesel properties and its production chains, common metrics for environmental, social and economic impacts, explain sustainability indicator variabilities and detect similarities among different classes of sustainability indicators, and cover techno-economic considerations.

1. Biodiesel Production Chain: An Introduction
2. Biodiesel Production Chain: Sustainability and Metrics
3. Methods
4. Fatty Acid Methyl Ester and Fatty Acid Ethyl Ester Inventories and Sustainability Indicators
5. Sustainability Assessment
6. Conclusions

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX]