Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from canned fruit industry : case study in Thailand | |
| Author | Natthapong Proysurin |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.EV-12-12 |
| Subject(s) | Greenhouse gas mitigation--Thailand Canned fruit industry--Thailand |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Engineering and Management |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The agro-industries contributed greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from several production processes until waste management. The canned fruit industry is a main source of greenhouse gas emissions in Thailand which these gases can be generated from the cultivation and production processes until waste management. The study of mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions such as CO2, CH4 and N2O of a canned pineapple industry in Thailand was estimated for deciding the energy usage and an alternative waste management in the industry. This research estimated greenhouse gas emissions in forms of direct emissions such as combustion in processes and emissions from activities in waste management and indirect emissions from electricity consumption and transportation of raw materials. In this estimation, Biosolids Emissions Assessment Model (BEAM) was used for calculating GHG emissions because this model used for discarded sludge from wastewater treatment system that was mainly organic compounds and some input values were adapted to be suitable for estimation of greenhouse gas emissions from activities that were considered in factory such as solid waste management options, electricity consumption, fuel uses and wastewater treatment process. The five different scenarios were set to compare GHG greenhouse gas emissions from the energy usage, electricity consumption and alternative waste management. The biodrying process with refuse derived fuel (RDF) and anaerobic digestion were considered to be an alternative solid waste management due to energy recovery from end product. GHG emissions can be reduced from displacement of these end products in fuel oil uses. Results from the study shown that the emission reduction was about 279kg CO2e ton-1 product. The baseline emission of this industry generated GHGs of 301.85kg CO2e ton-1 product. The appropriate project scenario of this industry was management of pineapple peel with anaerobic digestion (AD) and usage of produced biogas, the covered pond for wastewater and rice husk for producing heat. The GHG emissions of the project scenario can be reduced to 22.85 kg CO2e ton-1 product. |
| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Environmental Engineering and Management (EV) |
| Chairperson(s) | Annachhatre, Ajit P.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Nguyen, Thi Kim Oanh;Thammarat Koottatep; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Thai Government Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 |