Environmental sustainability of bioethanol production from wheat straw in the UK

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 715-725

  Wang, Lei ^a   Littlewood, Jade ^a   Murphy, Richard J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Life cycle assessment; Pretreatment; System boundary; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT TECHNOLOGY; PROCESS SIMULATION SOFTWARE; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; WHEAT STRAWS;

BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; EXPLOSIONS; GASOLINE; LIFE CYCLE; LIQUIDS; STEAM; WATER;

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EID: 84883886126     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.08.031     Document Type: Review

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