Biodiesel production from canola in western australia: Energy and carbon footprints and land, water, and labour requirements

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 11785-11796

  Rustandi, Ferry ^a   Wu, Hongwei ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DIESEL CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RATIO; FOOD PRODUCTION; LABOR REQUIREMENTS; NON-RENEWABLE FUELS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; TRANSPORT ACTIVITY; TRANSPORT FUEL; TRANSPORT SECTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

COMPETITION; DIESEL FUELS; LAND USE; PROFITABILITY;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 78449268125     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie1013162     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. World Energy Outlook 2006; International Energy Agency (IEA): Paris, 2006.
2. Pink, B. Year Book Australia 2008; Australian Bureau of Statistics: Canberra, Australia, 2008.
3. Australian energy consumption, by industry and fuel type-energy units. In Australian Energy Statistics-Australian Energy Update; Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE): Canberra, Australia, 2008; Table F.
4. BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2006; BP: London, 2006.
5. Giampietro, M.; Ulgiati, S. Integrated Assessment of Large-Scale Biofuel Production Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 2005, 24, 365-384
6. Giampietro, M.; Ulgiati, S.; Pimentel, D. Feasibility of Large-Scale Biofuel Production BioScience 1997, 47, 587-600
7. Ulgiati, S. A Comprehensive Energy and Economic Assessment of Biofuels: When Green Is Not Enough Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 2001, 20, 71-106
8. Duff, J.; Sermon, D.; Walton, G.; Mangano, P.; Newman, C.; Walden, K.; Barbetti, M.; Addison, B.; Eksteen, D.; Pol, E.; Leach, B. Growing Western Canola: An Overview of Canola Production in Western Australia; Oilseeds Industry Association of Western Australia: New South Wales, Australia, 2006.
9. Giffard, G.; Llewellyn, P.; Redman, T.; Hallet, N.; Coggin, D.; Forrest, J.; Farrar, D.; Head, G.; Stewart, T.; Bowran, D.; Leadbeater, S.; Tan, R.; Goncalves, L.; Dagostino, J.; Wilkins, A. Western Australia Biofuels Taskforce Report; Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia: South Perth, Australia, 2007.
10. Batchelor, S. E.; Booth, E. J.; Walker, K. C. Energy Analysis of Rape Methyl Ester (RME) Production from Winter Oilseed Rape Ind. Crops Prod. 1995, 4, 193-202
11. Beer, T.; Grant, T.; Morgan, G.; Lapszewicz, J.; Anyon, P.; Edwards, J.; Nelson, P.; Watson, H.; Williams, D. Life-Cycle Emissions Analysis of Alternative Fuels for Heavy Vehicles (Stage 2); Report EV45A/2/F3C; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO): Aspendale, Victoria, Australia, 2002.
12. Bernesson, S.; Nilsson, D.; Hansson, P.-A. A Limited LCA Comparing Large- and Small-Scale Production of Rape Methyl Ester (RME) under Swedish Conditions Biomass Bioenergy 2004, 26, 545-559
13. Culshaw, F.; Butler, C. A Review of the Potential of Biodiesel as a Transprot Fuel; Report ETSU-R-71; Energy Technology Support Unit, HMSO: London, 1992.
14. Halleux, H.; Lassaux, S.; Renzoni, R.; Germain, A. Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Two Biofuels: Ethanol from Sugar Beet and Rapeseed Methyl Ester Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2008, 13, 184-190
15. Janulis, P. Reduction of Energy Consumption in Biodiesel Fuel Life Cycle Renew. Energy 2004, 29, 861-871
16. Kaltschmitt, M.; Reinhardt, G. A.; Stelzer, T. Life Cycle Analysis of Biofuels Under Different Environmental Aspects Biomass Bioenergy 1997, 12, 121-134
17. Mortimer, N. D.; Elsayed, M. A. North East Biofuel Supply Chain Carbon Intensity Assessment.; North Energy Associates Ltd.: Sheffield, U.K., 2006.
18. Reijnders, L.; Huijbregts, M. A. J. Biogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Linked to the Life Cycles of Biodiesel Derived from European Rapeseed and Brazilian Soybeans J. Cleaner Prod. 2008, 16, 1943-1948
19. Richards, I. R. Energy Balances in the Growth of Oilseed Rape for Biodiesel and of Wheat for Bioethanol; Levington Agriculture Ltd.: Ipswich, U.K., 2000.
20. Spirinckx, C.; Ceuterick, D. Biodiesel and Fossil Diesel Fuel: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 1996, 1, 127-132
21. Stephenson, A. L.; Dennis, J. S.; Scott, S. A. Improving the Sustainability of the Production of Biodiesel from Oilseed Rape in the U.K. Process Saf. Environ. Prot. 2008, 86, 427-440
22. Carmody, P.; Herbert, A. Profitable Canola Production in the Great Southern and Lakes District; Bulletin 4411; Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia: South Perth, Australia, 2001.
23. Riverland Oilseeds. http://www.riverland.com.au/ (accessed Nov 25, 2009).
24. Anjou, K. Manufacture of Rapeseed Oil and Meal. In Rapeseed: Cultivation, Composition, Processing and Utilization; Appelqvist, L.-A.; Ohlson, R., Eds.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 1972.
25. Haas, M. J.; Foglia, T. A. Biodiesel Production: Alternate Feedstocks and Technologies for Biodiesel Production. In The Biodiesel Handbook; Knothe, G.; Gerpen, J. V.; Krahl, J., Eds.; AOCS Press: Champaign, IL, 2005.
26. ARF Facilities. http://www.arfuels.com.au/default.aspV-DOC-ID=906 (accessed Dec 4, 2009).
27. Wu, H.; Fu, Q.; Giles, R.; Bartle, J. Production of Mallee Biomass in Western Australia: Energy Balance Analysis Energy Fuels 2008, 22, 190-198
28. Wang, M. GREET 1.8c.0; Argonne National Laboratory: Argonne, IL, 2009.
29. Climate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change; IPCC Fourth Assessment Report; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Geneva, Switzerland, 2007.
30. IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Geneva, Switzerland, 2006; Vol. 4, Chapter 11.
31. Dalal, R. C.; Chan, K. Y. Soil Organic Matter in Rainfed Cropping Systems of the Australian Cereal Belt Aust. J. Soil Res. 2001, 39, 435-464
32. OConnell, D.; Batten, D.; OConnor, M.; May, B.; Raison, J.; Keating, B.; Beer, T.; Braid, A.; Haritos, V.; Begley, C.; Poole, M.; Poulton, P.; Graham, S.; Dunlop, M.; Grant, T.; Campbell, P.; Lamb, D. Biofuels in Australia-Issues and Prospects; RIRDC Publication No. 07/071; Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation: Barton, ACT, Australia, 2007.
33. Mailer, R. Canola Meal: Limitations and Opportunities; Australian Oilseeds Federation: New South Wales, Australia, 2004.
34. Clarke, S. RET-Energy White Paper-Submission. Flinders University: Adelaide, Australia, 2009.
35. Pimentel, D.; Harvey, C.; Resosudarmo, P.; Sinclair, K.; Kurz, D.; McNair, M.; Crist, S.; Shpritz, L.; Fitton, L.; Saffouri, R.; Blair, R. Environmental and Economic Costs of Soil Erotion and Conservation Benefits Science 1995, 267, 1117-1123