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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Spent Coffee Ground Pellet by Sara Rajabi Hamedani; Andrea Colantoni; Leonardo Bianchini; Monica Carnevale; Enrico Paris; Mauro Villarini; Francesco Gallucci is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Spent Coffee Ground Pellet about?
Coffee, the most globally prevalent beverage, entails environmental and economic consequences due to the high content of toxic compounds in leftover from brewing. Waste-to-energy technologies propose recovering energy from solid or liquid wastes via various treatment methods. This study investigates the environmental performance of the spent coffee ground application in pellet production as a valuable bio-product by life cycle assessment. System boundaries comprise four stages: (1) spent coffee ground collection; (2) pellet production; (3) thermal energy generation; and (4) waste disposal. The LCA model is interpreted by ReCipe 2016 in both midpoint and endpoint levels per 1 MJ of thermal energy as functional unit. Alternative waste-to-energy approaches into transesterification, pyrolysis, and direct combustion of spent coffee ground are also assessed. The impact assessment shows that the pelletizing process significantly contributes to all impact categories except ozone formation and terrestrial ecotoxicity, which is influenced primarily by the transportation process in the spent coffee ground collection stage. The spent coffee ground pellet can lead to climate change mitigation,
Who reads Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Spent Coffee Ground Pellet?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Engineering.
- Author
- Sara Rajabi Hamedani; Andrea Colantoni; Leonardo Bianchini; Monica Carnevale; Enrico Paris; Mauro Villarini; Francesco Gallucci
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Engineering (Physical Sciences)