Greenhouse gas and energy based life cycle analysis of products from the Irish wood processing industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-141

  Murphy, Fionnuala ^a   Devlin, Ger ^a   McDonnell, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Combined heat and power; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Wood chip; Wood energy; Wood pellets; Wood processing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PELLETIZING; POWER GENERATION; SUPPLY CHAINS; TIMBER; WOOD FUELS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); WOOD CHIP; WOOD ENERGY; WOOD PELLET; WOOD PROCESSING;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84924517418     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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