Daneshi, Ali, Esmaili Sari, Abbas, Daneshi, Mohammad, Baumann, Henrikke (2014). Energy Assessment in Product Chain of Pasteurized milk: Agronomy, Animal Farm and Processing Plant. , 2(3), 697-714.
Ali Daneshi; Abbas Esmaili Sari; Mohammad Daneshi; Henrikke Baumann. "Energy Assessment in Product Chain of Pasteurized milk: Agronomy, Animal Farm and Processing Plant". , 2, 3, 2014, 697-714.
Daneshi, Ali, Esmaili Sari, Abbas, Daneshi, Mohammad, Baumann, Henrikke (2014). 'Energy Assessment in Product Chain of Pasteurized milk: Agronomy, Animal Farm and Processing Plant', , 2(3), pp. 697-714.
Daneshi, Ali, Esmaili Sari, Abbas, Daneshi, Mohammad, Baumann, Henrikke Energy Assessment in Product Chain of Pasteurized milk: Agronomy, Animal Farm and Processing Plant. , 2014; 2(3): 697-714.

Energy Assessment in Product Chain of Pasteurized milk: Agronomy, Animal Farm and Processing Plant

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Article 6, Volume 2, Issue 3 - Serial Number 9, 2014, Pages 697-714    PDF (573.81 K)
Authors
Ali Daneshi* 1; Abbas Esmaili Sari2; Mohammad Daneshi3; Henrikke Baumann4
1Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Mazandaran, Iran
2Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Mazandaran, Iran
3Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
4Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Systems Analysis, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract
The objectives for this study were first to understand and estimate energy consumption in each stage of production and processing of milk using regional data and second, suggesting improvement opportunities. A cradle to gate assessment of market milk was performed by separating the system into three stages: agronomy, animal farm and processing plant. Data were collected from multiple sources e.g. questionnaire, published papers, national and international databases, and the processing plant database. Throughout the study, ISO framework and International Dairy Federation guideline on life cycle assessment were used. The functional unit (FU) was one liter of pasteurized milk packaged in plastic pouch at the processing plant gate. The average energy demand for producing 1 kg of fat-protein corrected milk at farm-gate was 10.8 MJ, although for the final packaged milk, it was 12.5MJ. Main stages in overall energy use of FU were agronomy 68 %, animal farm 19 % and processing plant 13%. The average energy use for raw milk production was 2-5 times higher than previous European reports. To enhance efficiency in this sector, we need to assess other regions’ potentials for feed and milk production and then to focus on agronomy stage for lower energy use by optimization of irrigation, or even importing energy intensive feed such as barley and alfalfa from other countries.
Keywords
Dairy Industry; Energy efficiency; Iran; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Packaged milk
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