Hydrothermal gasification of waste biomass: Process design and life cycle asessment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1578-1583

  Luterbacher, Jeremy S ^a,e   Froling, Morgan ^b   Vogel, Frederic ^c   Marechal, Francois ^a   Tester, Jefferson W ^d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^e Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS; CONVERSION PROCESS; DIFFERENT SCALE; ECO-INDICATOR 99; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FLOWSHEET; FOSSIL ENERGIES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIALS; HEAT AND POWER; HYDROTHERMAL GASIFICATIONS; INVENTORY MODELING; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LOWER HEATING VALUES; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCES; PROCESS EVALUATIONS; PROCESS MODELING; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS; WASTE BIOMASS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDSTOCKS; FLOWCHARTING; GAS GENERATORS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASIFICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MANURES; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

LIFE CYCLE;

NATURAL GAS;

BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODELING; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENERGY BALANCE; FOSSIL ENERGY; GASIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PROCESS MODEL;

BIOMASS; GASES; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER; WOOD;

EID: 63149198968     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801532f     Document Type: Article

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