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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 33, Issue 12, Pages 3067-3072Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.02.006
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hydrogen; potato steam peels; two-stage bioreactor; life cycle assessment; ecoinvent; IMPACT 2002+
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Hydrogen from renewable energy is considered a promising alternative to traditional petroleum-based transportation fuels. Potato steam peels can be used as feedstock to produce hydrogen through fermentation processes. Life cycle assessment is used as an analytical tool to evaluate the main environmental benefits and burdens of using potato steam peals to produce hydrogen rather than to feed animals. Inventory data are derived from the literature and ecoinvent. Impacts are evaluated using IMPACT 2002+. The results show that producing hydrogen from potato steam peels offers clear advantages over a direct use of peels to feed animals. A factor of two to three is observed in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, in the savings of non-renewable resources and in the reduction of human health impacts. The two-stage bioreactor is observed to consume around 25 MJ and to emit between 1000 and 15009 of CO2 per kilogram of hydrogen produced. (c) 2008 International Association for Hydrogen Energy. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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