Comparing environmental impacts of electricity, heat and fuel from energy crops: Evaluating biogas utilization pathways by the basket of benefit methodology

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 570-576

  Bystricky, Maria ^a   Knödlseder, Tobias ^a   Weber Blaschke, Gabriele ^a   Faulstich, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basket of benefit methodology; Biogas utilization; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BASKET OF BENEFIT METHODOLOGY; BIO-ENERGY; BIOGAS UTILIZATION; BIOMETHANE; DECENTRALIZED ELECTRICITY; END-USES; ENERGY CROPS; ENERGY OUTPUT; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; GERMANY; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HEAT PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

AIR PURIFICATION; BIODIESEL; BIOETHANOL; BIOGAS; COGENERATION PLANTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; EUTROPHICATION; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; RATING; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR BEETS;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL; BIOGAS; FERTILIZER; FUEL; SUGAR;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOGAS; CARBON EMISSION; CULTIVATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDING; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RAPESEED; SUGAR BEET; THERMOGENESIS;

GERMANY;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 78650243018     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201000072     Document Type: Article

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