Biofuels carbon footprints: Whole-systems optimisation for GHG emissions reduction

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 7457-7465

  Zamboni, Andrea ^a   Murphy, Richard J ^b   Woods, Jeremy ^b   Bezzo, Fabrizio ^a   Shah, Nilay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; GHG emissions; Supply chain; Whole system optimisation

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CROP MANAGEMENTS; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES; GHG EMISSION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; NITROGEN BALANCE; OPTIMISATIONS; SPECIFIC DESIGN; STRATEGIC DESIGN; STRATEGIC POLICY; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

BIOETHANOL; CROPS; EMISSION CONTROL; ETHANOL; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL;

ACTION PLAN; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN METHOD; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MODEL; NITROGEN BALANCE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOFUELS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

EID: 79959590256     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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