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A multi-scale comparison of environmental effects from gasoline and ethanol production
Understanding the environmental effects of alternative fuel production is critical to characterizing the sustainability of energy resources to inform policy and regulatory decisions. The magnitudes of these environmental effects vary according to the intensity and scale of fuel production along...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Parish ES , Kline KL , Dale VH , Efroymson RA , McBride AC , Johnson TL , Hilliard MR , Bielicki JM
Environmental indicators of biofuel sustainability: What about context?
Indicators of the environmental sustainability of biofuel production, distribution, and use should be selected, measured, and interpreted with respect to the context in which they are used. The context of a sustainability assessment includes the purpose, the particular biofuel production and...
Organization: ORNL
Authors: Rebecca A. Efroymson , Virginia H. Dale , Keith L. Kline , Allen C. McBride , Jeffrey M. Bielicki , Raymond L. Smith , Esther S. Parish , Peter E. Schweizer , Denice M. Shaw
Environmental and socioeconomic indicators for bioenergy sustainability as applied to Eucalyptus.
Eucalyptus is a fast-growing tree native to Australia and could be used to supply biomass for bioenergy and other purposes along the coastal regions of the southeastern United States (USA). At a farmgate price of $66 dry Mg−1, a potential supply of 27 to 41.3 million dry Mg year−1 of Eucalyptus...
Organization: ORNL
Authors: Virginia H. Dale , Matthew H. Langholtz , Beau M. Wesh , Laurence M. Eaton
Biomass Scenario Model Documentation: Data and References
The Biomass Scenario Model (BSM) is a system dynamics model that represents the entire biomass-to-biofuels supply chain, from feedstock to fuel use. The BSM is a complex model that has been used for extensive analyses; the model and its results can be better understood if input data used for...
Organization: NREL
Authors: Lin, Y. ; , Newes, E. , Bush, B. , Peterson, S. , Stright, D.
Compatibility Assessment of Elastomer Materials to Test fuels Representing Gasoline Blends Containing Ethanol and Isobutanol
The compatibility of elastomeric materials used in fuel storage and dispensing applications was determined for test fuels representing neat gasoline and gasoline blends containing 10 and 17 vol.% ethanol, and 16 and 24 vol.% isobutanol. The actual test fuel chemistries were based on the...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Michael Kass
Compatibility Assessment of Plastic Infrastructure Materials to Test Fuels Representing Gasoline Blends Containing Ethanol and Isobutanol
The compatibility of plastic materials used in fuel storage and dispensing applications was determined for test fuels representing gasoline blended with 25 vol.% ethanol and gasoline blended with 16 and 24 vol.% isobutanol. Plastic materials included those used in flexible plastic piping and...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Michael Kass
Intermediate Alcohol-Gasoline Blends, Fuels for Enabling Increased Engine Efficiency and Powertrain Possibilities
The present study experimentally investigates spark-ignited combustion with 87 AKI E0 gasoline in its neat form and in mid-level alcohol-gasoline blends with 24% vol./vol. iso-butanol-gasoline (IB24) and 30% vol./vol. ethanol-gasoline (E30). A single-cylinder research engine is used with a low...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Derek Splitter
Simulation games that integrate research, entertainment, and learning around ecosystem services
Humans currently spend over 3 billion person-hours per week playing computer games. Most of these games are purely for entertainment, but use of computer games for education has also expanded dramatically. At the same time, experimental games have become a staple of social science research but have...
Organization: Center for BioEnergy Sustainability, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Robert Costanza
Global simulation of bioenergy crop productivity: analytical framework and case study for switchgrass
A global energy crop productivity model that provides geospatially explicit quantitative details on biomass potential and factors affecting sustainability would be useful, but does not exist now. This study describes a modeling platform capable of meeting many challenges associated with global-...
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: SHUJIANG KANG
Take a Closer Look: Biofuels Can Support Environmental, Economic and Social Goals
The US Congress passed the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) seven years ago. Since then, biofuels have gone from darling to scapegoat for many environmentalists, policy makers, and the general public. The reasons for this shift are complex and include concerns about environmental degradation,...
Organization: Center for BioEnergy Sustainability, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Risks to global biodiversity from fossil-fuel production exceed those from biofuel production
Potential global biodiversity impacts from near-term gasoline production are compared to biofuel, a renewable liquid transportation fuel expected to substitute for gasoline in the near term (i.e., from now until c. 2030).  Petroleum exploration activities are projected to extend across more than 5....
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors: Virginia H. Dale , Esther S. Parish , Keith L. Kline
Biomass Scenario Model Scenario Library: Definitions, Construction, and Description, 2014
Understanding the development of the biofuels industry in the United States is important to policymakers and industry. The Biomass Scenario Model (BSM) is a system dynamics model of the biomass-to-biofuels system that can be used to explore policy effects on biofuels development. Because of the...
Organization: NREL
Authors: Inman, D.; Vimmerstedt, L.; Bush, B.; Peterson, S.
Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs—Workshop Two: Agricultural Landscapes
The Bioenergy Technologies Office hosted a workshop on Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs on June 24-26 in partnership with Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. Landscape design offers a promising means for sustainably increasing bioenergy production while...
Organization: Bioenergy Technologies Office
Authors: Bioenergy Technologies Office
Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs Workshop Series
The Bioenergy Technologies Office hosted two workshops on Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs with Oak Ridge and Argonne National Laboratories. The first workshop focused on forestry landscapes and was held in New Bern, NC, from March 4-6, 2014. The second workshop focused on...
Organization: Bioenergy Technologies Office
Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs—Workshop One: Forestry Landscapes
The Bioenergy Technologies Office hosted a workshop on Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs on March 4-6 in partnership with Oak Ridge and Argonne National Laboratories. Landscape design offers a promising means for sustainably increasing bioenergy production while maintaining...
Organization: Bioenergy Technologies Office
Authors: Bioenergy Technologies Office
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