A novel life cycle impact assessment method on biomass residue harvesting reckoning with loss of biomass productivity

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-145

  Wiloso, Edi Iswanto ^a,c   Heijungs, Reinout ^a,b   Huppes, Gjalt ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass productivity; Biomass residue; Global warming; Life cycle impact assessment; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLOBAL WARMING; HARVESTING; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; BIOMASS RESIDUE; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84905574701     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.044     Document Type: Article

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