Assessing energy efficiencies and greenhouse gas emissions under bioethanol-oriented paddy rice production in northern Japan

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 967-973

  Koga, Nobuhisa ^a   Tajima, Ryosuke ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Energy efficiency; Global warming potential; Paddy rice; Rice straw

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTIVATION; ETHANOL; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HARVESTING; MATERIALS HANDLING; SEED; SOILS;

BIO-ETHANOLS; CH 4; ENERGY INPUTS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; PADDY-RICE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RICE PRODUCTION; RICE STRAWS; STRAW MANAGEMENT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOFUEL; CULTIVATION; ETHANOL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; PADDY FIELD; RICE; SOIL EMISSION; STRAW;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DISTILLATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; JAPAN; RICE; SACCHARIFICATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 78650522768     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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