Climate Impact and Economic Feasibility of Solar Thermochemical Jet Fuel Production

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 470-477

  Falter, Christoph ^a   Batteiger, Valentin ^a   Sizmann, Andreas ^a  

^a BAUHAUS LUFTFAHRT E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; IRRADIATION; JET FUEL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL; NATURAL GAS COMBINED CYCLES; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; SOLAR THERMOCHEMISTRY;

LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FUEL; NATURAL GAS; SOLAR THERMOCHEMICAL JET FUEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROCARBON; WATER;

CLIMATE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL; PRODUCTION COST; SOLAR POWER; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLAR RADIATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBONS; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; WATER;

EID: 84953439309     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03515     Document Type: Article

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