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The aim is to evaluate the environmental impacts of biomass pretreatment methods for biomethane production using life cycle assessment.

May 29, 2025AgricultureOpen Access

Life Cycle Assessment of CO2, Rumen, and Biological Biomass Pretreatment Methods for Biomethane Production

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BŽBronius ŽalysLithuanian Energy Institute KNKęstutis NavickasVytautas Magnus University KVKęstutis VenslauskasVytautas Magnus University

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Randomized trial evaluates environmental impacts of different biomass pretreatment methods for biomethane production, suggesting optimization is essential for sustainability.

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The aim is to evaluate the environmental impacts of biomass pretreatment methods for biomethane production using life cycle assessment.
LCA approach applied to three pretreatment technologies: CO2 injection, rumen fluid, and biological products.
Analyses conducted on manure, alfalfa biomass, and winter wheat straw.
Comparison of environmental impacts including fossil fuel depletion and greenhouse gas emissions.
CO2 pretreatment of cow manure increased fossil fuel depletion from 0.37 MJ/m3 to 17.31 MJ/m3 and raised global warming potential by 1.08 kg CO2 eq/m3.
Rumen fluid pretreatment improved fossil fuel conservation but increased acidification from 1.57 × 10−4 kg SO2 eq/m3 to 2.49 × 10−4 kg SO2 eq/m3 and eutrophication from 2.67 × 10−5 kg PO4 eq/m3 to 5.3 × 10−5 kg PO4 eq/m3.
Winter wheat straw CO2 pretreatment reduced human toxicity from 0.1 kg 1,4-DB eq/m3 to 0.0058 kg 1,4-DB eq/m3.

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Žalys et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a20331e61bb8c494db5cb18 https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture15111169

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Randomized trial evaluates environmental impacts of different biomass pretreatment methods for biomethane production, suggesting optimization is essential for sustainability.

Life Cycle Assessment of CO2, Rumen, and Biological Biomass Pretreatment Methods for Biomethane Production

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