Sustainability of systems producing ethanol, power, and lignosulfonates or lignin from corn stover: A comparative assessment

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2527-2535

  Petrou, Evangelos C ^a   Pappis, Costas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioethanol production; Life cycle impact assessment; Lignin; Lignosulfonates; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; BIOETHANOL; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHANOL; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL; LIGNOSULFONATES; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; SYSTEMS EVALUATIONS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84908542327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500421t     Document Type: Article

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