Environmental and economic assessment of sugarcane first generation biorefineries in Brazil

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-410

  Cavalett, Otávio ^a   Junqueira, Tassia L ^a,b   Dias, Marina O S ^a,b   Jesus, Charles D F ^a   Mantelatto, Paulo E ^a   Cunha, Marcelo P ^a   Franco, Henrique C J ^a   Cardoso, Terezinha F ^a   Filho, Rubens Maciel ^a,b   Rossell, Carlos E V ^a   Bonomi, Antonio ^a  

^a BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Economic assessment of bioethanol production; Ethanol from sugarcane; First generation ethanol; Life cycle assessment; Sugarcane processing

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ETHANOL; FRUIT JUICES; MOLASSES; PROFITABILITY; REFINING; SUGAR INDUSTRY;

BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; BIOREFINERIES; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION TECHNOLOGY; PLANT FLEXIBILITIES; PROCESSING FACILITIES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84905459596     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-011-0424-7     Document Type: Article

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