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Contribution of capital goods production to social impacts: A life cycle perspective for a circular desalination plant

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Kokubo Roche, A.M.B. (author), Randazzo, Serena (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)

The production of capital goods is often ignored in the life cycle inventory phase of life cycle assessment studies. In this study, we investigated whether capital goods production, i.e., manufacturing of capital equipment and construction of infrastructure, and operation affect the results of the social life cycle assessment (S-LCA), using a...

journal article 2024

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Social life cycle assessment of a desalination and resource recovery plant on a remote island: Analysis of generic and site-specific perspectives

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Xevgenos, Dimitris (author), Ktori, R. (author), Krishnan, Adithya (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)

The sustainable supply of water is crucial, especially on islands where water is scarce. Our study applied the social life cycle assessment (S-LCA), under the organizational approach, to assess industrial water production on the island of Lampedusa, Italy. A novel plant for industrial water production considering a circular concept was...

journal article 2023

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Type I Social Life Cycle Assessments: Methodological Challenges in the Study of a Plant in the Context of Circular Economy

Tsalidis, G.A. (author)

Policymakers need to know where the social externalities of products occur in order to act at the macro level. The Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) method can contribute to the assessment of the social externalities of products; a necessary method supporting the European Union while they transitioning to a circular economy. This study...

journal article 2022

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Human Health and Ecosystem Quality Benefits with Life Cycle Assessment Due to Fungicides Elimination in Agriculture

Tsalidis, G.A. (author)

Industrial agriculture results in environmental burdens due to the overuse of fertilizers and pesticides. Fungicides is a class of pesticides whose application contributes (among others) to human toxicity and ecotoxicity. The European Union aims to increase organic agriculture. For this reason, this work aims to analyze climate change,...

review 2022

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Environmental assessments of scales: The effect of ex-ante and ex-post data on life cycle assessment of wood torrefaction

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Korevaar, G. (author)

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a powerful tool for achieving sustainability. Traditional LCAs analyze well defined and developed industrial systems, but recent developments of LCA focus on analyzing emerging technologies which are not yet optimized with respect to energy and materials. Therefore, LCA results of ex-ante applications can be...

journal article 2022

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Selecting south European wine based on carbon footprint

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Kryona, Zoi Panagiota (author), Tsirliganis, Nestor (author)

The largest wine producers globally are located in Southern Europe and climate is a major factor in wine production. The European Union aims to complement the consumer's choice for wine with information about environmental sustainability. The carbon footprint is a worldwide-standardized indicator that both wine producers and consumers...

review 2022

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Assessing the environmental performance of a novel coal mine brine treatment technique: A case in Poland

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Tourkodimitri, K. Panteleaki (author), Mitko, K. (author), Gzyl, G. (author), Skalny, A. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author), Xevgenos, Dimitris (author)

Although the energy transition results in decreased use of coal for power production, hard coal extraction will continue due to its importance in steel production and coal mine wastewater will continue generating after mines closure. The coal mining sector produces wastewater which results in environmental burdens and often contains valuable...

journal article 2022

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Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design Framework Based on a Prospective Life Cycle Assessment: Lessons Learned from a Nano-Titanium Dioxide Case Study

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Soeteman-Hernández, Lya G. (author), Noorlander, Cornelle W. (author), Saedy, S. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author), Vijver, Martina G. (author), Korevaar, G. (author)

Safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD) is a concept that takes a systems approach by integrating safety, sustainability, and functionality throughout a product’s the life cycle. This paper proposes a framework based on a prospective life cycle assessment for early safety and sustainability assessment. The framework’s purpose is to identify...

journal article 2022

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Developing social life cycle assessment based on corporate social responsibility: A chemical process industry case regarding human rights

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), de Santo, Elena (author), Gallart, Jose Jorge Espí (author), Corberá, Joan Berzosa (author), Blanco, Frederic Clarens (author), Pesch, U. (author), Korevaar, G. (author)

MSocial Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) uses a life cycle perspective to assess social impacts of products, and the S-LCA guidelines describe developing the system boundaries based on a factory-level perspective. However, such a perspective may exclude stakeholders with a negative social performance which are cooperating with a factory but are...

journal article 2021

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Application of LCA and LCC in the early stages of wastewater treatment design: A multiple case study of brine effluents

Harris, Steve (author), Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Corbera, Joan Berzosa (author), Espi Gallart, Jose Jorge (author), Tegstedt, Fredrik (author)

Technological developments are opening new avenues to facilitate the circular economy through resource recovery from industrial wastewater. This paper presents the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) in the development of technology solutions for the treatment of brine wastewater and recovery of by-products. Four...

journal article 2021

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Integrating individual behavior dimension in social life cycle assessment in an energy transition context

Tsalidis, G.A. (author)

Energy transition is a result of mankind’s reaction to climate change and individuals are expected to have a crucial role in achieving it in developed countries. The purpose of this study is to apply the social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) tool and investigate the social performance of the Dutch energy transition while focusing on individual...

journal article 2020

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Social life cycle assessment of brine treatment in the process industry: A consequential approach case study

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Korevaar, G. (author)

Social life cycle assessment (SLCA) was developed to complement the environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) and economic assessment. Contrary to LCA, SLCA is not yet standardized, and the consequential approach is little discussed in literature. This study aims to perform a consequential SLCA and investigate the applicability of the method...

journal article 2019

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From the allocation debate to a substitution paradox in waste bioenergy life cycle assessment studies

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Korevaar, G. (author)

journal article 2019

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Experimental studies of furfural production from water hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes)

Poomsawat, W. (author), Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Tsekos, C. (author), de Jong, W. (author)

Furfural is a very promising product of lignocellulosic biomass-based biorefineries and has the potential to become a useful resource for further conversion and utilization. Aquatic plants show an enormous potential as feedstock since they do not compete for land use, and they require minimal water consumption in a biorefinery concept due to...

journal article 2019

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To gasify or not to gasify torrefied wood?: Investigating the effect of torrefaction on oxygen steam blown circulating fluidized bed gasification of wood, focusing on permanent gas and tar composition, and environmental performance

Tsalidis, G.A. (author)

Biomass is a sustainable biofuel as long as it does not compete with food and feed production. Gasification is a versatile technology that produces a gas which can be converted into various high value products. Torrefaction is a technology that converts biomass to a more coal alike product with upgraded properties. As it was confirmed that...

doctoral thesis 2018

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Environmental and exergetic sustainability assessment of power generation from biomass

Stougie, L. (author), Tsalidis, G.A. (author), van der Kooi, H.J. (author), Korevaar, G. (author)

Power generation from biomass is mentioned as a means to make our society more sustainable as it decreases greenhouse gas emissions of fossil origin and reduces the dependency on finite energy carriers, such as coal, oil and natural gas. When assessing the sustainability of power generation from biomass, it is important to consider the supply...

journal article 2018

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The impact of dry torrefaction on the fast pyrolysis behavior of ash wood and commercial Dutch mixed wood in a pyroprobe

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Tsekos, C. (author), Anastasakis, K. (author), de Jong, W. (author)

In this study torrefied feedstocks, consisting of mixed wood and wood residues torrefied at 300 °C and ash wood torrefied at 250 and 265 °C, were pyrolyzed in a pyroprobe at five pyrolysis temperatures (600–1000 °C) and a fast heating rate (600 °C·s−1) to investigate the effect of torrefaction on the formation of volatiles and their evolution in...

journal article 2018

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An LCA-based evaluation of biomass to transportation fuel production and utilization pathways in a large port’s context

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Discha, F.E. (author), Korevaar, G. (author), Haije, W.G. (author), de Jong, W. (author), Kiel, J.H.A. (author)

This study evaluates whether a transition of large ports facilities to biofuel production for mobility improves the environmental performance and satisfies the renewable energy directive (RED) and it is the first LCA study that considers biofuel production from torrefied wood. The systems studied are wood, torrefied wood, and straw pellets...

journal article 2017

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Pilot scale steam-oxygen CFB gasification of commercial torrefied wood pellets. The effect of torrefaction on the gasification performance

Di Marcello, M. (author), Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Spinelli, G. (author), de Jong, W. (author), Kiel, J.H.A. (author)

Torrefaction is a promising biomass upgrading technology as it makes biomass more coal alike and offers benefits in logistics and handling operations. Gasification is an attractive thermochemical conversion technology due to its flexibility in the product gas end-uses. Therefore, it is valuable to investigate whether additional benefits are...

journal article 2017

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The effect of torrefaction on the process performance of oxygen-steam blown CFB gasification of hardwood and softwood

Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Di Marcello, M. (author), Spinelli, G. (author), de Jong, W. (author), Kiel, J.H.A. (author)

Torrefaction is a promising biomass upgrading method, offering advantages in logistics and handling. Gasification is an attractive thermochemical conversion technology due to its flexibility in the product gas end-use. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of torrefaction on the gasification performance of a softwood (spruce) and...

journal article 2017