The interest towards vegetable oils as fuels has in recent years started to revive, also thanks to the Kyoto Protocol and its derived European and Italian legislation. Some researchers of Commodity Science of the Universities of Bari and Foggia (Italy) have set up a study group with the purpose to analyse the Italian techno-economic perspectives of biofuels (bio-ethanol and biodiesel). Within this project the authors of this paper will focus on the production chain of the biodiesel from oil crops, in particular sunflower. The aim will be to identify, from a qualitative and quantitative point of view, the material and energy flows, besides the different environmental impacts connected with the different phases of the entire cycle, from the cultivation of the crop to the production of the biofuel. The analysis of data will allow, therefore, to put forward some hypotheses related to the contribution that the oleaginous can give to the development and the diffusion of the biofuels in Italy.
A techno-economic analysis of the biofuel production potential in Italy. A case study: biodiesel from sunflower
PAIANO, ANNARITA;
2005-01-01
Abstract
The interest towards vegetable oils as fuels has in recent years started to revive, also thanks to the Kyoto Protocol and its derived European and Italian legislation. Some researchers of Commodity Science of the Universities of Bari and Foggia (Italy) have set up a study group with the purpose to analyse the Italian techno-economic perspectives of biofuels (bio-ethanol and biodiesel). Within this project the authors of this paper will focus on the production chain of the biodiesel from oil crops, in particular sunflower. The aim will be to identify, from a qualitative and quantitative point of view, the material and energy flows, besides the different environmental impacts connected with the different phases of the entire cycle, from the cultivation of the crop to the production of the biofuel. The analysis of data will allow, therefore, to put forward some hypotheses related to the contribution that the oleaginous can give to the development and the diffusion of the biofuels in Italy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
