在泰国利用二氧化碳的微藻产品的生命周期评估:生物肥料,鱼类料和生物柴油
Adeel Rafiq1,2, Cameron Morris2,3, Abigail Schudel2,3
1Center of Excellence on Energy Technology and Environment (CEE), Science, Research and Innovation, Ministry of Higher Education, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
F1000Research
|October 9, 2025
概括
微藻产品如鱼料,生物柴油和生物肥料提供了重要的环境效益和经济机会. 过渡到这些可持续的替代品,特别是可再生能源,可以大幅减少二氧化碳排放,并支持国家气候目标.
科学领域:
- 生物技术与可持续资源
- 环境科学与工程环境科学与工程
- 生命周期评估 生命周期评估
背景情况:
- 微藻衍生产品为食品,燃料和农业提供可持续的解决方案,提供环境优势和经济潜力.
- 为了了解它们在可持续性方面的作用,进行彻底的评估至关重要,考虑生产方法,能源投入和环境足迹.
- 微藻种植和加工之间的复杂相互作用需要详细的分析才能有效实施.
研究的目的:
- 通过生命周期评估评估微藻生物柴油,鱼和生物肥料对环境的影响.
- 将这些影响与各种电力场景进行比较,包括目前的泰国能源组合和可再生能源整合.
- 评估采用这些微藻衍生产品的经济可行性和环境效益.
主要方法:
- 使用生命周期评估 (LCA) 来评估环境影响.
- 评估了三种微藻产品 (生物柴油,鱼料,生物肥料).
- 分析了9个场景,比较了三个不同的电力配置 (泰国混合,混合可再生能源,100%可再生能源).
主要成果:
- 所有微藻产品都显示出对环境的好处,特别是在增加可再生能源使用的情况下.
- 微藻鱼料表现出最小的环境影响,可再生能源场景显著改善.
- 生物柴油和生物肥料也提供了大量的二氧化碳减排和收入创造潜力,共同抵消泰国每年3700万的二氧化碳.
- 这些减少约占泰国二氧化碳排放总量的14%,有助于实现国家气候目标.
结论:
- 基于微藻的产品可以显著有利于水产养殖,能源和农业部门.
- 采用这些产品,加上可再生能源,可以大大促进国家气候变化减缓目标.
- 该研究强调了微藻在支持泰国减少排放的国家自主贡献 (NDC) 目标方面的潜力.
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