Environmental performance of biomass-derived chemical production: A case study on sugarcane-derived polyethylene

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 319-325

  Kikuchi, Yasunori ^a   Hirao, Masahiko ^a   Narita, Kenji ^b   Sugiyama, Eiji ^b   Oliveira, Sueli ^c   Chapman, Sonia ^c   Arakaki, Mariana M ^c   Cappra, Claudia Madrid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Toyota Tsusho Corporation   (Japan)

^c Eco Efficiency and Socio Eco efficiency Unit   (Brazil)

^d Braskem SA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Greenhouse gas emission; Intramolecular dehydration; Life cycle assessment; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; CHEMICAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INTRAMOLECULAR DEHYDRATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; POLYETHYLENE PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION;

BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; POLYETHYLENES; SUGAR CANE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84876490084     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.12we227     Document Type: Article

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