Environmental assessment of small-scale production of wood chips as a fuel for residential heating boilers

Renewable Energy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-115

  Esteban, Bernat ^a   Riba, Jordi Roger ^a   Baquero, Grau ^a   Puig, Rita ^a   Rius, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Comparative life cycle assessment; Forest management; Oil; Wood chips

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; OIL; SMALL-SCALE PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION; WOOD CHIP;

BIOMASS; BOILERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPLOITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; FUELWOOD; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; BOILERS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUELS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OIL; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84880831378     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.06.041     Document Type: Article

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