Cost and greenhouse gas emission tradeoffs of alternative uses of lignin for second generation ethanol

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Pourhashem, Ghasideh ^a   Adler, Paul R ^b   McAloon, Andrew J ^c   Spatari, Sabrina ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

greenhouse gas mitigation; second generation biofuels; techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOCONVERSION; BIOETHANOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRICITY; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; REFINING; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FERMENTABLE SUGARS; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; LIGNO-CELLULOSIC FUELS; SECOND GENERATION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

LIGNIN;

BIOGAS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ETHANOL; FRACTIONATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIGNIN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TRADE-OFF;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; ETHANOL; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; LIGNINS; POWER GENERATION; REFINING; SOIL;

UNITED STATES;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84880853644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/025021     Document Type: Article

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