Life cycle assessment of coupling household biogas production to agricultural industry: A case study of biogas-linked persimmon cultivation and processing system

Energy Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 707-716

  Chen, Bin ^a   Chen, Shaoqing ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural industry; Biogas energy production; Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES; BIOGAS ENERGY; BY-PRODUCT UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; FERMENTATION EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS;

AGRICULTURE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION;

BIOGAS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOGAS; CULTIVATION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RURAL AREA;

CHINA;

DIOSPYROS;

EID: 84884988058     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.084     Document Type: Article

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