Life-cycle implications of using crop residues for various energy demands in china

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4026-4032

  Lu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Tianzhu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CHINESE GOVERNMENT; CO-FIRING; CRITICAL COMPONENT; CROP RESIDUE; ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS; ECONOMIC INPUT-OUTPUT LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC ISSUES; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY DEMANDS; GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; NET INCOMES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOETHANOL; COAL COMBUSTION; CROPS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHANOL; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

BIOENERGY; COMBUSTION; CROP RESIDUE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL RESOURCE; POWER GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AMINATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCOME; LIFE CYCLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES;

CHINA;

EID: 77952515077     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100157e     Document Type: Article

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