The water footprint of biofuel produced from forest wood residue via a mixed alcohol gasification process

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Chiu, Yi Wen ^a   Wu, May ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofuels; forest biomass; logging residue; short rotation woody crop; thinning residue; water footprint

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GASIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; HARDWOODS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

FOREST BIOMASS; LOGGING RESIDUES; SHORT-ROTATION WOODY CROPS; THINNING RESIDUE; WATER FOOTPRINT;

BIOFUELS;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CELLULOSE; FOREST PRODUCT; LOGGING (TIMBER); RAINFALL; THINNING; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WOOD;

BIOMASS; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; FUELS; GASIFICATION; GROUND WATER; HARDWOODS; THINNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885448016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035015     Document Type: Article

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