Biodistillate Transportation Fuels 3 – Life Cycle Impacts
Life-cycle assessments (LCA) of biodistillate fuels are becoming increasingly important for policy decisions regarding alternative fuels. However, due to the data-intensive and assumptive nature of LCAs, rarely do two different studies produce comparable results. To add to the complexity, effects of...
Saved in:
| Published in | SAE International journal of fuels and lubricants Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 233 - 261 |
|---|---|
| Main Authors | , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
| Published |
SAE International
2010
|
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
| Abstract | Life-cycle assessments (LCA) of biodistillate fuels are becoming increasingly important for policy decisions regarding alternative fuels. However, due to the data-intensive and assumptive nature of LCAs, rarely do two different studies produce comparable results. To add to the complexity, effects of indirect land use changes are now being incorporated into LCA models. This development is influencing policy decisions and generating much controversy.
A literature survey of 55 different LCA studies of biodistillate fuels was conducted. The comparison of energy requirements and global warming potential (GWP) impacts of these studies help to illustrate which data inputs and assumptions most strongly affect the results, and wherein the major discrepancies lie.
Life-cycle energy results are typically reported as energy return (ER), meaning the heating value of the biofuel divided by the total fossil energy inputs to produce the fuels. Most studies report significantly higher ER values for biodistillates (both biodiesel and renewable diesel) compared to conventional diesel fuel. Similarly, most LCA studies show significant GWP reductions for biodistillates compared to conventional diesel. However, due to lack of consistency in LCA approaches and assumptions, considerable uncertainty still exists regarding the accuracy of most LCA results. |
|---|---|
| AbstractList | Life-cycle assessments (LCA) of biodistillate fuels are becoming increasingly important for policy decisions regarding alternative fuels. However, due to the data-intensive and assumptive nature of LCAs, rarely do two different studies produce comparable results. To add to the complexity, effects of indirect land use changes are now being incorporated into LCA models. This development is influencing policy decisions and generating much controversy.
A literature survey of 55 different LCA studies of bio-distillate fuels was conducted. The comparison of energy requirements and global warming potential (GWP) impacts of these studies help to illustrate which data inputs and assumptions most strongly affect the results, and wherein the major discrepancies lie.
Life-cycle energy results are typically reported as energy return (ER), meaning the heating value of the biofuel divided by the total fossil energy inputs to produce the fuels. Most studies report significantly higher ER values for biodistillates (both biodiesel and renewable diesel) compared to conventional diesel fuel. Similarly, most LCA studies show significant GWP reductions for biodistillates compared to conventional diesel. However, due to lack of consistency in LCA approaches and assumptions, considerable uncertainty still exists regarding the accuracy of most LCA results. Life-cycle assessments (LCA) of biodistillate fuels are becoming increasingly important for policy decisions regarding alternative fuels. However, due to the data-intensive and assumptive nature of LCAs, rarely do two different studies produce comparable results. To add to the complexity, effects of indirect land use changes are now being incorporated into LCA models. This development is influencing policy decisions and generating much controversy. A literature survey of 55 different LCA studies of biodistillate fuels was conducted. The comparison of energy requirements and global warming potential (GWP) impacts of these studies help to illustrate which data inputs and assumptions most strongly affect the results, and wherein the major discrepancies lie. Life-cycle energy results are typically reported as energy return (ER), meaning the heating value of the biofuel divided by the total fossil energy inputs to produce the fuels. Most studies report significantly higher ER values for biodistillates (both biodiesel and renewable diesel) compared to conventional diesel fuel. Similarly, most LCA studies show significant GWP reductions for biodistillates compared to conventional diesel. However, due to lack of consistency in LCA approaches and assumptions, considerable uncertainty still exists regarding the accuracy of most LCA results. |
| ArticleNumber | 2009-01-2768 |
| Author | Robbins, Curt Broch, Amber Gertler, Alan Natarajan, Mani Hoekman, S. Kent |
| Author_xml | – sequence: 1 givenname: Amber surname: Broch fullname: Broch, Amber organization: Desert Research Institute – sequence: 2 givenname: S. Kent surname: Hoekman fullname: Hoekman, S. Kent organization: Desert Research Institute – sequence: 3 givenname: Alan surname: Gertler fullname: Gertler, Alan organization: Desert Research Institute – sequence: 4 givenname: Curt surname: Robbins fullname: Robbins, Curt organization: Desert Research Institute – sequence: 5 givenname: Mani surname: Natarajan fullname: Natarajan, Mani organization: Marathon Oil Corporation |
| BookMark | eNp1j81KAzEUhYNUsK3u3Ap5AKM3P5PM4EqL1ULBTV0PaSYDKemkJOnCne_gG_okTh3pouDqnMV3zr1ngkZd6CxC1xTuBFP0ngFUBChhSpZnaEwrIQmvJIyOvmAXaJLSBkAq4HSMHp5caFzKznudLV5F3aVdiFlnFzo831ufMMffn1946VqLZx_GW7zY7rTJ6RKdt9one_WnU_Q-f17NXsny7WUxe1wSwyuViRYGRMtYoxteNswqqgwtwFjTtsIqqSvTKFFWtChKwbkEZtcMDHDZGFXpNZ8iNvSaGFKKtq2NGx7MUTtfU6gP8-vD_Bp67ef3oduT0C66rY4f_-FkwJO2teuyjd3vBe03Yd97n075m4HfpBzisZvJvrkoOP8B-5Z2Jg |
| CitedBy_id | crossref_primary_10_1016_j_rser_2011_07_143 crossref_primary_10_1016_j_envsci_2013_02_002 crossref_primary_10_3390_en4060845 crossref_primary_10_4271_2012_01_1695 |
| Cites_doi | 10.4271/2009-01-2724 10.1089/ind.2009.5.093 10.1007/s11367-007-0364-y 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.02.010 10.1126/science.1152747 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00015-1 10.4271/2007-01-1606 10.1021/es7022237 10.1021/bk-2006-0921.ch018 10.1016/j.biombioe.2005.09.005 10.1002/ep.10319 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.11.016 10.5194/acp-8-389-2008 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60536-0 10.1016/j.renene.2007.06.009 10.1021/es8011436 10.1007/s11053-005-4679-8 10.1016/j.energy.2004.03.042 10.1016/j.enconman.2005.10.019 10.4271/2007-01-4031 10.4271/2009-01-2766 10.1243/09576509JPE365 10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.03.003 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.07.003 10.2172/950146 10.2202/1542-6580.1554 10.1016/j.biombioe.2003.10.003 10.2172/1218369 10.1016/j.eiar.2008.11.002 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00058-8 10.4271/2008-01-0673 10.1115/ES2007-36234 10.1007/s11367-008-0050-8 10.4271/2007-01-2030 10.1073/pnas.0604600103 10.1065/lca2008.03.382 10.1016/j.renene.2003.10.004 10.1126/science.1151861 10.1016/j.energy.2008.06.004 10.1007/s11367-006-0253-9 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2007.09.011 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.09.076 |
| ContentType | Journal Article |
| Copyright | Copyright © 2009 SAE International |
| Copyright_xml | – notice: Copyright © 2009 SAE International |
| DBID | AAYXX CITATION |
| DOI | 10.4271/2009-01-2768 |
| DatabaseName | CrossRef |
| DatabaseTitle | CrossRef |
| DatabaseTitleList | |
| DeliveryMethod | fulltext_linktorsrc |
| Discipline | Engineering |
| EISSN | 1946-3960 |
| EndPage | 261 |
| ExternalDocumentID | 10_4271_2009_01_2768 2009_01_2768 26271553 |
| GroupedDBID | 6P2 6TJ AAEFR ABBHK ABJCF ABJNI ABXSQ ACGFS ADULT AEKFB AEUPB AEUYN AFKRA AIFVT ALMA_UNASSIGNED_HOLDINGS ATCPS BENPR BGLVJ BHPHI CCPQU EBS EJD H13 HCIFZ IZHOT JAAYA JENOY JKQEH JLEZI JLXEF JPL JST L7B M7S P2P PATMY PHGZM PHGZT PTHSS PV9 PYCSY PYD RHI RZL SA0 SWMRO ADACV AIRJO EQZMY JSODD AAYXX CITATION |
| ID | FETCH-LOGICAL-c397t-a4c04f22dad38d2e717c150cecff4e76a9cd74891558433602eb20c036dc79ab3 |
| ISSN | 1946-3952 1946-3960 |
| IngestDate | Tue Jul 01 01:03:18 EDT 2025 Thu Apr 24 23:10:08 EDT 2025 Thu Apr 18 22:55:03 EDT 2024 Fri Jun 20 02:29:16 EDT 2025 |
| IsPeerReviewed | true |
| IsScholarly | true |
| Issue | 2 |
| Language | English |
| LinkModel | OpenURL |
| MeetingName | SAE 2009 Powertrains Fuels and Lubricants Meeting |
| MergedId | FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-c397t-a4c04f22dad38d2e717c150cecff4e76a9cd74891558433602eb20c036dc79ab3 |
| Notes | 2009-11-02 FFL 171471 San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| PageCount | 29 |
| ParticipantIDs | crossref_citationtrail_10_4271_2009_01_2768 crossref_primary_10_4271_2009_01_2768 sae_internationaljournals_2009_01_2768 jstor_primary_26271553 |
| ProviderPackageCode | CITATION AAYXX |
| PublicationCentury | 2000 |
| PublicationDate | 2010-00-00 |
| PublicationDateYYYYMMDD | 2010-01-01 |
| PublicationDate_xml | – year: 2010 text: 2010-00-00 |
| PublicationDecade | 2010 |
| PublicationTitle | SAE International journal of fuels and lubricants |
| PublicationYear | 2010 |
| Publisher | SAE International |
| Publisher_xml | – name: SAE International |
| References | ref13 ref57 ref12 ref56 ref15 ref59 ref14 ref58 ref53 ref52 ref11 ref55 ref10 ref54 ref17 ref16 ref19 ref18 ref51 ref50 ref46 ref45 ref48 ref47 ref42 ref41 ref44 ref43 ref49 ref8 ref7 ref9 ref4 ref3 ref6 ref5 ref82 ref81 ref40 ref83 ref80 ref35 ref79 ref34 ref78 ref37 ref36 ref31 ref75 ref30 ref74 ref33 ref77 ref32 ref76 ref2 ref1 ref39 ref38 ref71 ref70 ref73 ref72 ref24 ref68 ref23 ref67 ref26 ref25 ref69 ref20 ref64 ref63 ref22 ref66 ref21 ref65 ref28 ref27 ref29 ref60 ref62 ref61 |
| References_xml | – ident: ref62 – ident: ref1 – ident: ref5 – ident: ref60 doi: 10.4271/2009-01-2724 – ident: ref20 – ident: ref9 doi: 10.1089/ind.2009.5.093 – ident: ref23 doi: 10.1007/s11367-007-0364-y – ident: ref24 – ident: ref46 doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.02.010 – ident: ref28 doi: 10.1126/science.1152747 – ident: ref72 – ident: ref47 doi: 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00015-1 – ident: ref73 doi: 10.4271/2007-01-1606 – ident: ref44 doi: 10.1021/es7022237 – ident: ref57 – ident: ref38 doi: 10.1021/bk-2006-0921.ch018 – ident: ref11 – ident: ref17 – ident: ref34 – ident: ref30 – ident: ref13 – ident: ref43 doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2005.09.005 – ident: ref82 doi: 10.1002/ep.10319 – ident: ref15 doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.11.016 – ident: ref2 – ident: ref65 – ident: ref6 – ident: ref29 doi: 10.5194/acp-8-389-2008 – ident: ref69 doi: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60536-0 – ident: ref78 doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.06.009 – ident: ref40 – ident: ref50 – ident: ref53 doi: 10.1021/es8011436 – ident: ref26 – ident: ref67 doi: 10.1007/s11053-005-4679-8 – ident: ref75 – ident: ref66 doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2004.03.042 – ident: ref68 doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2005.10.019 – ident: ref51 doi: 10.4271/2007-01-4031 – ident: ref12 doi: 10.4271/2009-01-2766 – ident: ref54 – ident: ref71 – ident: ref33 – ident: ref3 – ident: ref7 – ident: ref48 doi: 10.1243/09576509JPE365 – ident: ref45 doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.03.003 – ident: ref61 doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.07.003 – ident: ref81 doi: 10.2172/950146 – ident: ref36 doi: 10.2202/1542-6580.1554 – ident: ref37 doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2003.10.003 – ident: ref41 – ident: ref22 – ident: ref25 doi: 10.2172/1218369 – ident: ref16 doi: 10.1016/j.eiar.2008.11.002 – ident: ref74 – ident: ref64 doi: 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00058-8 – ident: ref49 doi: 10.4271/2008-01-0673 – ident: ref56 doi: 10.1115/ES2007-36234 – ident: ref19 – ident: ref32 – ident: ref79 doi: 10.1007/s11367-008-0050-8 – ident: ref70 doi: 10.4271/2007-01-2030 – ident: ref4 – ident: ref55 doi: 10.1073/pnas.0604600103 – ident: ref63 – ident: ref59 – ident: ref76 doi: 10.1065/lca2008.03.382 – ident: ref42 – ident: ref21 – ident: ref14 doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2003.10.004 – ident: ref27 doi: 10.1126/science.1151861 – ident: ref80 doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2008.06.004 – ident: ref52 – ident: ref39 doi: 10.1007/s11367-006-0253-9 – ident: ref77 – ident: ref8 – ident: ref18 – ident: ref58 doi: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2007.09.011 – ident: ref83 doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.09.076 – ident: ref10 – ident: ref35 – ident: ref31 |
| SSID | ssj0067031 |
| Score | 1.8089186 |
| Snippet | Life-cycle assessments (LCA) of biodistillate fuels are becoming increasingly important for policy decisions regarding alternative fuels. However, due to the... |
| SourceID | crossref sae jstor |
| SourceType | Enrichment Source Index Database Publisher |
| StartPage | 233 |
| SubjectTerms | Alternative fuels Biofuels Carbon neutrality Economic models Fossil fuels Fuel combustion Fuels Life cycle assessment Raw materials Transportation |
| Title | Biodistillate Transportation Fuels 3 – Life Cycle Impacts |
| URI | https://www.jstor.org/stable/26271553 https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2768 |
| Volume | 2 |
| hasFullText | 1 |
| inHoldings | 1 |
| isFullTextHit | |
| isPrint | |
| link | http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwnV3da9swEBdd-rI9jK1bafeFHrq9BGW2JNvxYxrSlcJK6Vrom7E-DGEhGZ3zsP31u5NkRwkbtHsxwVZko_vpdHfS_Y6QE1iUwa5IxyyRRjKprWEKYMVKcJ0bAy5X5piYvl7m57fy4i6722zFuOySVo3077_mlfyPVOEeyBWzZB8h2b5TuAG_Qb5wBQnD9UEyPp2vDM5REGVrNzzlXqZna1j2hmIICmre2OH0F_wZyYBr7cmbOpP022S2ExeM2CQa1wkG1xdr5VRmu4mrY7Utp1uwqEiPj5X93kVVR5j205-r-WLv25B3OFnUcQaaCkHv6TpsFYQwRDiK6ne-dr4y0qalzJkoPUXtyMb3fBGBTgXzCGk8VqeeJCOszNzTtu8qfckLl9fitnlSxgtfp2eHRhsfV0la4eMnZJ-DV8EHZP90dnl13S3dOZL5u2MI4bt9pgS-4HPc_ZYN44-xImNNbSPT5OYFeR58CjrxAHlJ9uzygDyLmCZfkXILKnQbKtRBhQrKKEKFOqjQAJXX5PZsdjM9Z6FqBtNgW7aslhqmGeemNmJsuAV_XYPVr61uGmmLvC61QcohMCTHUog84VbxRIMlY3RR1kocksFytbRHhDZJrhqZyszyVCqwVcHYhenLTV6INKvFMRl241DpQCmPlU0WFbiWOGpVPOrH5GPf-oenUvlHu0M3pH0jnkOTLIPXfYIxruYx2MKM-LnVw5uHNnxLnvrTIBhSe0cG7f3avgcjs1UfAjT-AHSTePA |
| linkProvider | ProQuest |
| openUrl | ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Biodistillate+Transportation+Fuels+3+-+Life+Cycle+Impacts&rft.jtitle=SAE+International+journal+of+fuels+and+lubricants&rft.au=Broch%2C+Amber&rft.au=Hoekman%2C+S.+Kent&rft.au=Gertler%2C+Alan&rft.au=Robbins%2C+Curt&rft.date=2010&rft.pub=SAE+International&rft.issn=1946-3952&rft.eissn=1946-3960&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=233&rft.epage=261&rft_id=info:doi/10.4271%2F2009-01-2768&rft.externalDocID=2009_01_2768 |
| thumbnail_l | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/lc.gif&issn=1946-3952&client=summon |
| thumbnail_m | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/mc.gif&issn=1946-3952&client=summon |
| thumbnail_s | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/sc.gif&issn=1946-3952&client=summon |