Life cycle assessment of hemp hurds use in second generation ethanol production

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 268-279

  González García, Sara ^a   Luo, Lin ^b,c   Moreira, M Teresa ^a   Feijoo, Gumersindo ^a   Huppes, Gjalt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allocation; Cannabis sativa; Ethanol; Gasoline; Hemp hurds; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION; ALLOCATION APPROACH; CANNABIS SATIVA; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ETHANOL FUEL BLENDS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FUEL VEHICLES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; MARKET PRICE; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS; PRODUCTION VOLUMES; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SECOND GENERATION; TRANSPORT FUEL;

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; EUTROPHICATION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEMP; LIFE CYCLE; RATING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ACIDIFICATION; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ETHANOL; EUTROPHICATION; FOSSIL FUEL; HERB; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; VOLUME;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 84355161552     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.041     Document Type: Article

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