Definition and application of ethanol equivalent: Sustainability performance metrics for biomass conversion to carbon-based fuels and chemicals

Catalysis Today

Volumn 239, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-55

  Cséfalvay, Edit ^a,b   Akien, Geoffrey R ^a,c   Qi, Long ^a,d   Horváth, István T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biomass; Chemicals; Ethanol equivalent (EE); Fossil resources; Performance metrics; Real ethanol equivalent (EEx); Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHEMICALS; ETHANOL FUELS; FEEDSTOCKS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON-BASED FUELS; COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY EQUIVALENCY; FOSSIL RESOURCES; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; REAL ETHANOL EQUIVALENT (EEX); SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; BIOMASS CONVERSION;

ETHANOL; BIOFUELS;

EID: 84908240552     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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