Assessment of sustainability based on lca case of woody biomass

Cellulose Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 493-510

  Fortuna, Maria Emiliana ^a   Simion, Isabela Maria ^a   Gavrilescu, Maria ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bioelectricity; Biofuel; Biomass; Life cycle assessment; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; BIOMASS TRANSPORTS; BIOREFINING; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CURRENT DATA; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NON-RENEWABLE FUELS; ORGANIC FUELS; PULP AND PAPER; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; ROMANIANS; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDSTOCKS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RURAL AREAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84872973936     PISSN: 05769787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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