Global warming potential and energy analysis of second generation ethanol production from rice straw in India

•First LCA study of second generation ethanol based on DA and SE pretreatment technologies in India.•Enzyme production is identified as the major GHG emissions and energy consumption process in ethanol production.•SE is better than DA in terms of ethanol yield and GHG emissions reduction.•Surplus el...

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Published in:Applied energy 2016-12, Vol.184, p.353-364
Main Authors: Soam, Shveta, Kapoor, Manali, Kumar, Ravindra, Borjesson, Pal, Gupta, Ravi P., Tuli, Deepak K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
bioethanol
Cellulosic ethanol
coal
data collection
Dilute acid (DA)
electricity
Energisystem
energy balance
energy efficiency
Energy Systems
Engineering and Technology
Environmental Engineering
ethanol
ethanol production
fermentation
gasoline
global warming
Greenhouse gas (GHG)
greenhouse gas emissions
greenhouse gases
hydrolysis
India
inventories
life cycle assessment
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
lignin
Naturresursteknik
Net energy ratio (NER)
prices
production technology
rice straw
Steam explosion (SE)
Teknik
transportation
xylose
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