Comparative life cycle assessment of ethanol production from fast-growing wood crops (black locust, eucalyptus and poplar)

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 378-388

  González García, Sara ^a,b   Moreira, M Teresa ^b   Feijoo, Gumersindo ^b   Murphy, Richard J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Eucalyptus globulus; Lignocellulosic feedstocks; Populus spp; Robinia pseudoacacia; Second generation biofuels

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; POPULUS SPP; ROBINIA PSEUDO-ACACIA; SECOND GENERATION;

BLENDING; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; MACHINERY;

LIFE CYCLE;

ACIDIFICATION; BIOFUEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; EMISSION CONTROL; ETHANOL; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OXIDANT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; POPULUS; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 84857791460     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.01.028     Document Type: Article

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