Life-cycle assessment of Fischer-Tropsch products from biosyngas

Renewable Energy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 229-236

  Iribarren, Diego ^a   Susmozas, Ana ^a   Dufour, Javier ^a,b  

^a IMDEA ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Electricity; Environmental impact; Process simulation; Syngas

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; OZONE LAYER DEPLETION; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; SYN-GAS;

BIODIESEL; BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; GASOLINE; GLOBAL WARMING; OILSEEDS; OZONE LAYER; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SYNTHESIS GAS; WASTE TREATMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

ACIDIFICATION; BIOFUEL; CATALYST; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84877344348     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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