Reducing life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn ethanol by integrating biomass to produce heat and power at ethanol plants

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1103-1113

  Kaliyan, Nalladurai ^a   Morey, R Vance ^a   Tiffany, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined heat and power; Corn ethanol; Corn stover; Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle assessment; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; CORN ETHANOL; CORN STOVER; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ZEA MAYS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; EMISSION CONTROL; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS PLANTS; GASIFICATION; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL GAS; RATING;

GAS EMISSIONS;

BIOMASS POWER; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICITY; EMISSION CONTROL; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT BALANCE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MAIZE; NATURAL GAS; PH; POWER PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79451474737     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.11.035     Document Type: Article

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