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

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  • Larnaudie, Valeria
  • Ferrari, Mario Daniel
  • Lareo, Claudia

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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.

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  • Larnaudie, Valeria & Ferrari, Mario Daniel & Lareo, Claudia, 2021. "Life cycle assessment of ethanol produced in a biorefinery from liquid hot water pretreated switchgrass," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 176(C), pages 606-616.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:176:y:2021:i:c:p:606-616
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.05.094
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