Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Via Alcide de Gasperi 2, 53100 Siena, Italy.
J Environ Manage. 2013 Nov 15;129:302-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.07.029. Epub 2013 Aug 23.
Environmental profiles of mineral nitrogen fertilizers were used to evaluate the environmental disturbances related to their use in cultivation systems in Europe. Since the production of mineral fertilizers requires a large amount of energy, the present study of bioenergy systems is relevant in order to achieve crop yields less dependent on fossil fuels and to reduce the environmental impact due to fertilization. In this study, the suitability of the LCA methodology to analyze the environmental impact of sunflower cultivation systems with different forms of mineral nitrogen fertilizers urea and ammonium nitrate was investigated. Effects on climate change were estimated by the use of Ecoinvent 2.2 database default value for soil N2O emission factor (1%) and local emission data (0.8%) of mineral nitrogen applied to soils. LCA analysis showed a higher impact on environmental categories (human health and ecosystem quality) for the system in which urea was used as a nitrogen source. Use of urea fertilizer showed a higher impact on resource consumption due to fossil fuel consumption. Use of mineral nitrogen fertilizers showed a higher environmental burden than other inputs required for sunflower cultivation systems under study. Urea and ammonium nitrate showed, respectively, a 7.8% and 4.9% reduced impact of N2O as greenhouse gas by using direct field data of soil N2O emission factor compared to the default soil emission factor of 2006 IPCC Guidelines. Use of ammonium nitrate as mineral nitrogen fertilizer in sunflower cultivation would have a lower impact on environmental categories considered. Further environmental analysis of available technologies for fertilizer production might be also evaluated in order to reduce the environmental impacts of each fertilizer.
采用矿物氮肥的环境概况来评估其在欧洲种植系统中使用所带来的环境干扰。由于生产矿物肥料需要大量的能源,因此本研究生物能源系统是相关的,以实现作物产量较少依赖化石燃料,并减少因施肥而产生的环境影响。在这项研究中,调查了生命周期评估(LCA)方法在分析不同形式矿物氮肥料(尿素和硝酸铵)的向日葵种植系统的环境影响方面的适用性。气候变化的影响是通过使用 Ecoinvent 2.2 数据库默认值(土壤 N2O 排放因子为 1%)和应用于土壤的矿物氮的本地排放数据(0.8%)来估计的。LCA 分析表明,以尿素作为氮源的系统对环境类别(人类健康和生态质量)的影响更大。由于化石燃料消耗,尿素肥料的使用对资源消耗的影响更大。与研究中向日葵种植系统所需的其他投入相比,矿物氮肥料的使用对环境的负担更大。与 2006 年 IPCC 指南的默认土壤排放因子相比,使用土壤 N2O 排放因子的直接田间数据,尿素和硝酸铵分别减少了 N2O 作为温室气体的 7.8%和 4.9%的环境负担。在向日葵种植中使用硝酸铵作为矿物氮肥料,对所考虑的环境类别将产生较小的影响。为了减少每种肥料的环境影响,还可以进一步评估可用肥料生产技术的环境分析。