Life cycle assessment of a concentrated solar power plant for the production of enriched methane by steam reforming process

19th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, CHISA 2010 and 7th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, ECCE-7

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Piemonte, Vincenzo ^a   De Falco, Marcello ^a   Giaconia, Alberto ^b   Tarquini, Pietro ^b   Iaquaniello, Gaetano ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c Technip KTI SpA   (Italy)

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