Life cycle assessment of biohydrogen and biomethane production and utilisation as a vehicle fuel

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 235-245

  Patterson, Tim ^a   Esteves, Sandra ^a   Dinsdale, Richard ^a   Guwy, Alan ^a   Maddy, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biohydrogen; Biomethane; Life cycle assessment; Transport fuel

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE;

BATCH PROCESS; BIO-HYDROGEN; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMETHANE; ENERGY OUTPUT; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; FOOD WASTE; HYDROGEN YIELDS; IN-PROCESS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SINGLE STAGE SYSTEM; TRANSPORT FUEL; TWO STAGE SYSTEM; TWO-STAGE PROCESS;

FUELS;

HYDROGEN; METHANE;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METHANE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BATH; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; DIESEL ENGINE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84872735414     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.109     Document Type: Article

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