Ethanol production in biorefineries using lignocellulosic feedstock - GHG performance, energy balance and implications of life cycle calculation methodology

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 420-427

  Karlsson, Hanna ^a   Börjesson, Pål ^b   Hansson, Per Anders ^a   Ahlgren, Serina ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biogas; Biorefinery; Calculation methodology; Ethanol; Life cycle assessment; Lignocellulosic materials

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIOGAS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; ENERGY BALANCE; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ORGANIC CARBON; REFINING;

ALTERNATIVE FEEDSTOCKS; BIOREFINERIES; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE (RED); SOIL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84908230802     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.07.029     Document Type: Article

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