SOSTENIBILITÀ COMPLESSIVA DI FILIERE AGRO-ENERGETICHE
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description: Recent decision in European environmental policy to increase the share of renewable energy will lead to an increased demand also for energy by farm. The multiplicity and heterogeneity of biomass and of energy products is also reflected in different types of energy conversion processes and different technologies for energy generation. These activities represent an important diversification of the agricultural production, in certain cases and certain situations the economic performance foreseen are of great interest and significance. Actually, the most interesting agro-energy chains are anaerobic fermentation in order to produce the biogas and the thermochemical process of wood biomass to produce directly energy or others energy carriers (bio-oil, bio-char, syngas). Therefore, the sustainability of any agro-energy chains depends not only by technical -economic issues (those routinely investigated and verified): energy and environmental aspects (as happens more often) must be take in account. These two aspects are not easy to quantify and have been neglected. Only the parallel verification of the economic, energetic and environmental results (EEE) can fully clarify the sustainability of a chain of bio-energy. Thus, the possibility to have a model that calculates, in an analytical and uniform way, costs (inputs) and benefits (outputs) of each chain by defining the balances EEE, allows: - to identify those at greater sustainability - to compare objectively the various technical solutions available, providing valuable information on strategies for promotion of agro-energy. Although in recent years, the study of energy and environmental balance of the agro-energy chains has attracted growing interest, most studies refer to the production of biofuels (pure oil, biodiesel, bioethanol) and operative conditions different than Italian. From the practical point of view, the assessment of different energy and environmental aspects however, is much more difficult than technical-ec…
abstract: Recent decision in European environmental policy to increase the share of renewable energy will lead to an increased demand also for energy by farm. The multiplicity and heterogeneity of biomass and of energy products is also reflected in different types of energy conversion processes and different technologies for energy generation. These activities represent an important diversification of the agricultural production, in certain cases and certain situations the economic performance foreseen are of great interest and significance. Actually, the most interesting agro-energy chains are anaerobic fermentation in order to produce the biogas and the thermochemical process of wood biomass to produce directly energy or others energy carriers (bio-oil, bio-char, syngas). Therefore, the sustainability of any agro-energy chains depends not only by technical -economic issues (those routinely investigated and verified): energy and environmental aspects (as happens more often) must be take in account. These two aspects are not easy to quantify and have been neglected. Only the parallel verification of the economic, energetic and environmental results (EEE) can fully clarify the sustainability of a chain of bio-energy. Thus, the possibility to have a model that calculates, in an analytical and uniform way, costs (inputs) and benefits (outputs) of each chain by defining the balances EEE, allows: - to identify those at greater sustainability - to compare objectively the various technical solutions available, providing valuable information on strategies for promotion of agro-energy. Although in recent years, the study of energy and environmental balance of the agro-energy chains has attracted growing interest, most studies refer to the production of biofuels (pure oil, biodiesel, bioethanol) and operative conditions different than Italian. From the practical point of view, the assessment of different energy and environmental aspects however, is much more difficult than technical-ec…
author: J. Bacenetti
language: ita
keywords: sostenibilità, filiere agro-energetiche, bilancio energetico-ambientale, bioenergia, biomasse, Settore AGR/09 - Meccanica Agraria
date published: 2010-12-17
date modified: 2026-07-27T20:19:15Z
provider: Università degli Studi di Milano
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Università degli Studi di Milano

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/2434/150062

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value: 10.13130/bacenetti-jacopo_phd2010-12-17