Biogas from Marine Macroalgae: A New Environmental Technology - Life Cycle Inventory for a Further LCA

Environmental and Climate Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-108

  Romagnoli, Francesco ^a   Blumberga, Dagnija ^a   Gigli, Emanuele ^b  

^a RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

biogas; biomethane; LCA; marine macro algae; Ulva Prolifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969945032     PISSN: 16915208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10145-010-0024-5     Document Type: Article

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