Environmental comparison of banana waste valorisation strategies under a biorefinery approach

被引:28
作者
Santiago, Beatriz [1 ]
Moreira, Maria Teresa [1 ]
Feijoo, Gumersindo [1 ]
Gonzalez-Garcia, Sara [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Santiago de Compostela, CRETUS Inst, Dept Chem Engn, Sch Engn, Santiago De Compostela 15782, Spain
关键词
Banana peel; Bioethanol; Biofertiliser; Environmental impacts; Life Cycle Assessment; Process simulation; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC-ACID PRETREATMENT; ANAEROBIC-DIGESTION; FOOD WASTE; ETHANOL-PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; ENERGY; OIL;
D O I
10.1016/j.wasman.2022.02.005
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Banana wastes can be valorised in bioethanol due to its high content in cellulose (more than 30% of total on a dry basis) and hemicelluloses (25% of total). Large amount of these wastes is generated during the banana cultivation and harvesting stage. This study proposes the use of, beside conventional acid sulphuric, different organic acids (tartaric, oxalic and citric) during acid pretreatment step, to suppress the unwanted compounds formation and improve bioethanol production. Instead, bioethanol production generates a solid waste flow that is managed in an anaerobic digestion plant, obtaining biogas, to be converted into energy, and digestate, considered as a potential biofertiliser. Life cycle assessment methodology is used to analyse the environmental profiles of four valorisation scenarios to produce bioethanol from banana peel waste. According to the results, reported per kilogram of bioethanol, the citric acid-based scenario has the worst environmental profile due to the background processes involved in the acid production (around 55% for most impact categories). Conversely, the oxalic acid based scenario has the best environmental profile, with a decrease of around 20% and 35%, depending on the impact category, compared to the citric acid scenario. The energy requirements production (mostly thermal energy) is the main hotspot in numerous subsystems regardless of the scenario (ranging from 30% to 50% depending on the impact category). Therefore, the use of renewable energy sources to satisfy energy requirements combined with an energy optimisation of the valorisation strategies through the reuse of some internal steams, is proposed as improvement activities.
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