Sustainability Metrics for Biomass-Based Carbon Chemicals

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 2734-2740

  Horváth, István T ^a   Cséfalvay, Edit ^a,b   Mika, László T ^a,b   Debreczeni, Máté ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biomass based basic chemicals; Ethanol equivalent; Metrics; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICALS; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; STYRENE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BASIC CHEMICALS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; FOSSIL RESERVES; METRICS; PETROCHEMICAL PROCESS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS;

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 85014446851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b03074     Document Type: Article

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