A5038401665- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Biodiesel Production and Applications
- Process Optimization and Integration
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Hygrothermal properties of building materials
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Algal biology and biofuel production
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
- Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
- Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Robotic Locomotion and Control
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Landfill Environmental Impact Studies
- Multi-Criteria Decision Making
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Building materials and conservation
University of Coimbra
2009-2023
Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra
2006-2023
Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers
2006
Summary This article evaluates the implications of uncertainty in life cycle (LC) energy efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rapeseed oil (RO) as an carrier displacing fossil diesel (FD). Uncertainties addressed include parameter well scenario concerning how RO coproduct credits are accounted for (uncertainty due to modeling choices). We have carried out extensive data collection build LC inventory accounting uncertainty. Different approaches carbon stock changes associated with...
In this paper the benefits of rapeseed oil (RO) replacing petroleum diesel in transportation are evaluated, demonstrating that RO use displaces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and saves fossil energy. A systemic description chain France has been implemented GHG energy used throughout life cycle have calculated using alternative co-product credit procedures, namely a replacement method, three allocation approaches (mass, energy, economic) ignoring credits. The results show cultivation stage is...
As an alternative transportation fuel to petrodiesel, biodiesel has been promoted within national energy portfolio targets across the world. Early estimations of low lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were a driver behind extensive government support in form financial incentives for industry. However, studies consistently report high degree uncertainty these estimates, raising questions concerning carbon benefits biodiesel. Furthermore, implications feedstock blending on GHG have not...
This article contributes to the assessment of hygrothermal conditions residential buildings in Azores archipelago and defines strategies that may contribute improvement indoor air quality. These objectives were fulfilled by situ monitoring a typical building on Terceira Island. Complementary tests determine thermal conductivity exterior walls ventilation rates also conducted. The results used validate simulation model, different simulated using combined heat, air, moisture transfer model...
This article addresses different land use change scenarios, as well uncertainty issues related to parameters and concerning how co-product credits are accounted for in the life-cycle modeling of rapeseed oil (RO). A comprehensive assessment scenarios (rapeseed cultivation former agricultural grassland) practices has been conducted, which results carbon stock values. RO GHG intensity emission implications when displaces petroleum diesel have assessed terms probability distributions using a...