Environmental Comparison of Straw Applications Based on a Life Cycle Assessment Model and Emergy Evaluation

Straw is considered to be a renewable resource for bioenergy and biomaterial. However, about 70% of straw is burned in fields, which causes serious air pollution in China. In this study, a life cycle assessment (LCA) model, together with emergy evaluation, was built to compare four straw application...

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Main Authors: Juan Gao, Chaopu Ti, Ning Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2014-11-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_10_1_548_Gao_Straw_Applications_Emergy