A techno-economic and environmental evaluation of the life cycle of bioethanol produced from rice straw by RT-CaCCO process

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 188-195

  Roy, Poritosh ^a   Tokuyasu, Ken ^b   Orikasa, Takahiro ^c   Nakamura, Nobutaka ^b   Shiina, Takeo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; CO 2 emission; Net energy consumption; Production cost; Rice straw; RT CaCCO process

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; EVALUATION PROCESS; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; KOSHIHIKARI; NET ENERGY CONSUMPTION; PRODUCTION COST; PRODUCTIVITY LOSS; RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY; RICE STRAW; RICE STRAWS; RT-CACCO PROCESS; SOIL DEGRADATION; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; TECHNO-ECONOMICS;

BIOETHANOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INNOVATION; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; RISK PERCEPTION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHYTOMASS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RICE; STAKEHOLDER; STRAW;

JAPAN;

EID: 84856224720     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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