Renewability and life-cycle energy efficiency of bioethanol and bio-ethyl tertiary butyl ether (bioETBE): Assessing the implications of allocation

Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3362-3380

  Malça, João ^a   Freire, Fausto ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

BioETBE; Bioethanol; Energy efficiency; Energy policy; Life cycle assessment; Renewability

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; LIFE CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIO-ETHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (BIOETBE); BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA);

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; LIFE CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

EMISSION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; FOSSIL FUEL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33748300690     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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