Energy and cost analyses of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil

A Mohammadshirazi, A Akram, S Rafiee… - … and sustainable energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Waste cooking oil is one of the energy sources for its unique composition which contains
glycerol, It can be a good base for producing biodiesel. The objective of this study is to …

Energy use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions of farming systems in north Iran

A Mohammadi, S Rafiee, A Jafari, A Keyhani… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Efficient use of energy resources in crop production is an important goal in sustainable
agriculture. This study compares the energy flow in farming systems across farm size with …

Applying novel eco-exergoenvironmental toxicity index to select the best irrigation system of sunflower production

M Khanali, H Ghasemi-Mobtaker, H Varmazyar… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The goal of this study is to create a novel eco-exergoenvironmental toxicity index to identify
the most sustainable irrigation system among surface irrigation and drip irrigation for …

Potential for optimization of energy consumption and costs in saffron production in central Iran through data envelopment analysis and multi‐objective genetic …

E Saeidi, AL Dehkordi… - … Progress & Sustainable …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Technical management of agricultural units plays an important role in increasing the yield,
energy efficiency, and decreasing the production costs. Based on that, the present study …

[HTML][HTML] Energy audit and management of environmental GHG emissions based on multi-objective genetic algorithm and data envelopment analysis: An agriculture …

N Taherzadeh-Shalmaei, M Rafiee, A Kaab, M Khanali… - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to address the challenges of energy consumption and environmental
emissions in the mushroom production sector through an energy audit analysis and life …

Estimating energy consumption and GHG emissions in crop production: A machine learning approach

S Sharafi, A Kazemi, Z Amiri - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
It is necessary to observe the relationship between the energy inputs and outputs of
agricultural production in the context of long-term strategies to determine optimal …

Energy optimization and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation for agricultural and horticultural systems in Northern Iran

F Mostashari-Rad, A Nabavi-Pelesaraei, F Soheilifard… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to comprehensively optimize energy usage and determine
mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agricultural and horticultural crops of …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity analysis of energy inputs in crop production using artificial neural networks

A Khoshroo, A Emrouznejad, A Ghaffarizadeh… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sensitivity analysis establishes priorities for research and allows to identify and rank the
most important factors which lead to great improvements in output factors. The aim of this …

The environmental, nutritional, and economic benefits of rice-aquaculture animal coculture in China

Q Xu, L Dai, P Gao, Z Dou - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditional rice monoculture is often energy-inefficient because of the large amount of non-
renewable energy investment, and leads to negative environmental impacts. This study …

A comparative study of irrigation techniques for energy flow and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in wheat agroecosystems under contrasting environments in south …

M Jamali, S Soufizadeh, B Yeganeh, Y Emam - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The agriculture sector in general and irrigation, in particular, can be a major emitter of
greenhouse gases and can contribute to global climate change. Most studies dealing with …