Assessing the environmental sustainability of ethanol from integrated biorefineries

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 753-765

  Falano, Temitope ^a   Jeswani, Harish K ^a   Azapagic, Adisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Environmental impacts; Ethanol; Integrated biorefineries; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; REFINING; STRAW;

BIOREFINERIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ETHANOL BLEND; FOREST RESIDUE; GHG EMISSION; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SECOND GENERATION;

ETHANOL;

ETHANOL; EUTROPHICATION; EVALUATION; FORESTRY; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; REFINING; STRAW;

BIOFUELS; ETHANOL; PETROLEUM;

ENVIRONMENT; FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM;

BIOFUELS; ENVIRONMENT; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PETROLEUM;

EID: 84901696946     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201300246     Document Type: Article

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