Energy performance and greenhouse gas emissions of kelp cultivation for biogas and fertilizer recovery in Sweden

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 573, Issue , 2016, Pages 347-355

  Pechsiri, Joseph S ^a   Thomas, Jean Baptiste E ^a   Risén, Emma ^a,b   Ribeiro, Mauricio S ^a   Malmström, Maria E ^a   Nylund, Göran M ^c   Jansson, Anette ^d   Welander, Ulrika ^d   Pavia, Henrik ^c   Gröndahl, Fredrik ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWECO AB   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Economy of scale; Energy return on investment (EROI); EURED GHG savings; Saccharina latissima; Swedish macroalgae cultivation

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOFUELS; BIOGAS; ECONOMICS; FERTILIZERS; GAS EMISSIONS; INVESTMENTS; REFINING; SEAWEED;

BIOREFINERIES; ECONOMY OF SCALE; ENERGY RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; EURED GHG SAVINGS; MACRO-ALGAE; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIOGAS; FERTILIZER;

BIOGAS; BROWN ALGA; CULTIVATION; ECONOMY OF SCALE; EMISSION; FERTILIZER; GREENHOUSE GAS; MACROALGA;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CELL VIABILITY; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HARVESTING; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SEAWEED; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

SWEDEN;

SACCHARINA LATISSIMA;

EID: 84983638479     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.220     Document Type: Article

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