Is bioethanol a sustainable energy source? An energy-, exergy-, and emergy-based thermodynamic system analysis

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3479-3487

  Liao, Wenjie ^a   Heijungs, Reinout ^a   Huppes, Gjalt ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Corn stover; Emergy analysis; Energy analysis; Exergy analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ENERGY; CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; CORN STOVER; CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; EARTH SYSTEMS; EMERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; EXERGY ANALYSIS; GHG EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS; OIL PRODUCTION; PRIMARY RESOURCES; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCES; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHANOL; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BIOETHANOL;

BIOFUEL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGY; ENERGY FLUX; ENERGY RESOURCE; ETHANOL; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAIZE; OIL PRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960159751     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.05.030     Document Type: Article

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