Life-Cycle Assessment of Biodiesel Produced from Grease Trap Waste

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2718-2726

  Hums, Megan E ^a   Cairncross, Richard A ^a   Spatari, Sabrina ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIODIESEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SULFUR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIODIESEL FEEDSTOCK; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HETEROGENEOUS COMPOSITION; HIGH SULFUR CONTENTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIPID CONCENTRATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIODIESEL; LIPID; BIOFUEL; SULFUR; WASTE;

BIOFUEL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUEL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIPID; OIL PRODUCTION; PROCESSING; SOLID WASTE; SULFUR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL ENERGY; GREASE TRAP WASTE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SOLID WASTE; SOYBEAN; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; ENVIRONMENT;

GLYCINE MAX;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOFUELS; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIPIDS; SOYBEANS; SULFUR; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84959507989     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02667     Document Type: Article

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