Greenhouse gases emissions and energy use of wheat grain-based bioethanol fuel blends

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5010-5018

  Scacchi, C C O ^a   Gonzalez Garcia S ^b   Caserini, S ^a   Rigamonti, L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Biofuel; Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Lombardia; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ALLOCATION METHODS; ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL BLEND; FUEL BLENDS; GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LOMBARDIA; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; USE PHASE; WHEAT; WHEAT GRAINS;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEEL METALLURGY;

BIOETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; GASOLINE;

BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TRITICUM;

ITALY; LOMBARDY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956064482     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.046     Document Type: Article

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