Techno-economic and life-cycle assessments of biorefineries based on palm empty fruit bunches in Brazil

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 172, Issue , 2018, Pages 3655-3668

  Vaskan, Pavel ^a   Pachón, Elia Ruiz ^a   Gnansounou, Edgard ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cattle feed; Climate change; Electricity; Lignocellulosic material; Second generation bioethanol

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDSTOCKS; FOSSIL FUELS; FRUITS; PALM OIL; REFINING;

CATTLE FEED; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT; FOSSIL-FUEL DEPLETIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL; LIGNOCELLULOSIC RESIDUES; SECOND GENERATION BIOETHANOL;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85038806607     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.218     Document Type: Article

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