Well-to-wheels energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of ethanol from corn, sugarcane and cellulosic biomass for US use

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Michael ^a   Han, Jeongwoo ^a   Dunn, Jennifer B ^a   Cai, Hao ^a   Elgowainy, Amgad ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofuels; cellulosic ethanol; corn ethanol; energy balance; greenhouse gas emissions; life cycle analysis; sugarcane ethanol

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; LIFE CYCLE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; CORN-ETHANOL; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE-CYCLE GHG EMISSIONS; REGULATED EMISSIONS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; CELLULOSE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MAIZE; PETROLEUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUGAR CANE; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

BRAZIL; UNITED STATES;

MISCANTHUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871847228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045905     Document Type: Article

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