Using national inventories for estimating environmental impacts of products from industrial sectors: a case study of ethanol and gasoline

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 597-607

  Sengupta, Debalina ^a,b,c   Hawkins, Troy R ^b,d   Smith, Raymond L ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^d Enviance   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biorefinery; Emission factors; Ethanol; Gasoline; National Emissions Inventory (NEI); Toxics Release Inventory (TRI); Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939978137     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0859-x     Document Type: Article

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