Life cycle assessment of bioethanol-based PVC: Part 2: Consequential approach

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 396-405

  Alvarenga, Rodrigo Af ^a   Dewulf, Jo ^a   De Meester, Steven ^a   Wathelet, Alain ^b   Villers, Joseph ^b   Thommeret, Richard ^b   Hruska, Zdenek ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SOLVAY S A   (Belgium)

^c Solvin GmbH Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bio based; Bioethanol; Environmental impact; iLUC; LCA; PVC

Indexed keywords

BIO-BASED; ILUC; INDIRECT LAND-USE CHANGES; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC); QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION;

BIOETHANOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84880133708     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1398     Document Type: Article

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