Title:
Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) for Advanced Biofuel from Waste Wood Integrated in the Steel Industry
Author(s):
Kaltenegger, I., Jungmeier, G., Van Der Stricht, W., Claes, S., Sluijsmans, J., Johnson, F.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
Within the EU project TORERO (TORefying wood with Ethanol as a Renewable Output: large-scale demonstration), a cost-, resource-, and energy-efficient technology concept for producing bioethanol from a wood waste feedstock, fully integrated in a large-scale, industrially functional steel mill will be demonstrated. Wood waste is converted to bio-coal by torrefaction, bio-coal replaces fossil powdered coal in a steel mill blast furnace, carbon monoxide in blast furnace exhaust fumes is microbially fermented to bioethanol.and material and energy loops of the process are closed to a very large degree. Every steel mill that implements this concept will be able to produce at least 80 million litres of bioethanol per year. This project creates a value chain for wood waste, which currently has no attractive applications. TORERO is add-on technology that can be used to upgrade existing facilities of the steel sector, an industry that is actively scouting for technological solutions to make its production processes more sustainable. To assess this sustainability and in addition to a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that will be used for the environmental assessment, a social Life Cycle Assessment (sLCA) will be applied, providing scientific indicators for social aspects of this new value chain. This sLCA will be tailor-made for this new process within the steel sector and will be assessed at a district and regional level at the demonstration plant location.
Keywords:
bioethanol, torrefaction, wood
Topic:
Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability
Subtopic:
Sustainability and socio-economic aspects
Event:
26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
4AV.3.16
Pages:
1413 - 1414
ISBN:
978-88-89407-18-9
Paper DOI:
10.5071/26thEUBCE2018-4AV.3.16
Price:
FREE
