Life cycle assessment of ethanol produced in a biorefinery from liquid hot water pretreated switchgrass

Valeria Larnaudie, Mario Daniel Ferrari and Claudia Lareo

Renewable Energy, 2021, vol. 176, issue C, 606-616

Abstract: Life cycle assessments of fuel bioethanol produced in Uruguay from liquid hot water pretreated switchgrass were performed for two scenarios: the production of ethanol and electricity and a biorefinery producing ethanol, electricity, furfural, acetic, and formic acid.

Keywords: Life cycle assessment; Biorefinery; Hydrolysis; Switchgrass; High solids content (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.05.094

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