Life-cycle fossil energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of bioderived chemicals and their conventional counterparts

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14624-14631

  Adom, Felix ^a   Dunn, Jennifer B ^a   Han, Jeongwoo ^a   Sather, Norm ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; BIOPRODUCTS; DATA HANDLING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; POLYETHYLENES; PROFITABILITY;

3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID; CONVENTIONAL PRODUCTS; CONVERSION PROCESS; FOSSIL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; REGULATED EMISSIONS; TECHNOLOGY READINESS;

LIFE CYCLE;

1,3 PROPANEDIOL; 1,4 BUTANEDIOL; ACRYLIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; GLYCEROL; HYDRACRYLIC ACID; ISOBUTANOL; POLYETHYLENE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SUCCINIC ACID; 1,3-PROPANEDIOL; 1,4-BUTANEDIOL; BIOFUEL; BUTANEDIOL; BUTANOL; GAS; LACTIC ACID; PETROLEUM; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE;

BIOFUEL; EMISSION CONTROL; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOSSIL ENERGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MODEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ZEA MAYS;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUTANOLS; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CARBOHYDRATES; ENVIRONMENT; GASES; GLYCEROL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LACTIC ACID; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; SUCCINIC ACID; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918517379     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503766e     Document Type: Article

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