Life cycle assessment of fast pyrolysis of municipal solid waste in North Carolina of USA

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 511-519

  Wang, Hui ^a   Wang, Lijun ^a   Shahbazi, Abolghasem ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio oil; Fast pyrolysis; Life cycle assessment; Municipal solid wastes

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOFUELS; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; INCINERATION; LAND FILL; LIFE CYCLE; OIL SHALE; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTES; TOXICITY; WASTE INCINERATION;

BIO OIL; EUTROPHICATION POTENTIALS; FAST PYROLYSIS; HUMAN TOXICITY POTENTIALS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); OZONE DEPLETION POTENTIAL;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84922550752     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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