Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-Methane Supply System Based on Natural Gas Infrastructure
Agronomy Research 2014
Māra Rēpele, Anna Paturska, Kārlis Valters, Gatis Bažbauers

Many sites for biogas production in Latvia currently do not have sufficient heat load to provide power production in co-generation mode. The alternative to relatively inefficient power production could be production of bio-methane which is known as one of the most important renewable option for gas supplies. After removal of contaminants bio-methane is of quality of natural gas and can be delivered to power plants and industry using the natural gas supply infrastructure. For analysis of environmental benefit of using bio-methane the environmental impact of the proposed solution has to be assessed. The aim of the study is to make life cycle assessment of the system for bio-methane supply to industrial plant via the natural gas grid. The analysed system includes bio-methane production and transport to the natural gas pipeline including the infrastructure. Functional unit was 1 MWh of bio-methane energy injected into the natural gas transmission pipeline. Life-cycle model was created and analysed with software 'SimaPro'. ReCiPe and Eco-Indicator'99 were used as characterization methods to analyse the life-cycle environmental impacts. Results show the influence and contribution level expressed in mid-point categories as well as in a single-score indicator. The largest impact is created by use of fossil energy sources in production of bio-methane. The results can be used to design renewable energy supply systems and for the comparison of alternatives.


Atslēgas vārdi
Bio-methane; Life cycle assessment; Natural gas; Renewable energy
Hipersaite
http://agronomy.emu.ee/vol123/2014_3_35_b5.pdf

Rēpele, M., Paturska, A., Valters, K., Bažbauers, G. Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-Methane Supply System Based on Natural Gas Infrastructure. Agronomy Research, 2014, Vol.12, No.3, 999.-1006.lpp. ISSN 1406-894X.

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English (en)
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