Energy and greenhouse gas assessment of European glucose production from corn-a multiple allocation approach for a key ingredient of the bio-based economy

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-190

  Tsiropoulos, Ioannis ^a   Cok, Benjamin ^a   Patel, Martin K ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allocation problem; Bio based feedstock; Bio based products; Corn starch; Corn wet milling; Dextrose; Glucose; Multi output systems

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION PROBLEMS; BIO-BASED FEEDSTOCK; BIO-BASED PRODUCTS; CORN STARCH; MULTI-OUTPUT SYSTEMS; WET MILLING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEXTROSE; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; STARCH;

GLUCOSE;

EID: 84873948814     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.12.035     Document Type: Article

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