Hybrid Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment of First- and Second-Generation Ethanol Production Technologies in Brazil

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 764-774

  Watanabe, Marcos D B ^a   Chagas, Mateus F ^a   Cavalett, Otávio ^a   Guilhoto, Joaquim J M ^b   Griffin, W Michael ^c   Cunha, Marcelo P ^d   Bonomi, Antonio ^a  

^a BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ethanol; greenhouse gas emissions; industrial ecology; input output analysis; LCA; sugarcane

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ETHANOL; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; IONIZATION OF GASES; PURCHASING; REFINING; SUGAR CANE;

ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); THERMAL ELECTRICITY;

LIFE CYCLE;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUGAR CANE; VALUATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84939196732     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12325     Document Type: Article

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