Life cycle assessment of densified wheat straw pellets in the Canadian Prairies

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 420-431

  Li, Xue ^a   Mupondwa, Edmund ^a   Panigrahi, Satyanarayan ^b   Tabil, Lope ^b   Adapa, Phani ^b  

^a SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Prairies; Densificationsystem; Energy consumption; Life cycle assessment; Pellet; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CANADA; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROP MANAGEMENT; DENSIFICATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; STRAW; WATER POLLUTION; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84863100720     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-011-0374-7     Document Type: Article

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