Solar thermal energy technologies and its applications for process heating and power generation–A review

KR Kumar, NVVK Chaitanya, NS Kumar - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The industrial sector accounts for more than 54% of the total energy produced in the world
with a predicted annual growth of 1.2%. Currently, most of the industrial sectors use fossil …

Key issues in life cycle assessment of ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass: challenges and perspectives

A Singh, D Pant, NE Korres, AS Nizami, S Prasad… - Bioresource …, 2010 - Elsevier
Progressive depletion of conventional fossil fuels with increasing energy consumption and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have led to a move towards renewable and sustainable …

Energy-and greenhouse gas-based LCA of biofuel and bioenergy systems: Key issues, ranges and recommendations

F Cherubini, ND Bird, A Cowie, G Jungmeier… - Resources, conservation …, 2009 - Elsevier
With increasing use of biomass for energy, questions arise about the validity of bioenergy as
a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on fossil fuels. Life Cycle …

LCA allocation procedure used as an incitative method for waste recycling: An application to mineral additions in concrete

C Chen, G Habert, Y Bouzidi, A Jullien… - Resources, Conservation …, 2010 - Elsevier
Waste recycling avoids waste landfilling and all associated releases. It also allows for saving
non-renewable resources. However, the new commercial interest for waste can be seen as …

Valuation of plug-in vehicle life-cycle air emissions and oil displacement benefits

JJ Michalek, M Chester, P Jaramillo… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
We assess the economic value of life-cycle air emissions and oil consumption from
conventional vehicles, hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles …

A perspective on the range of gasoline compression ignition combustion strategies for high engine efficiency and low NOx and soot emissions: Effects of in-cylinder …

AB Dempsey, SJ Curran… - International Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Many research studies have shown that low temperature combustion in compression
ignition engines has the ability to yield ultra-low NOx and soot emissions while maintaining …

A comparative life cycle assessment of marine fuels: liquefied natural gas and three other fossil fuels

S Bengtsson, K Andersson… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Air emissions from shipping have received attention in recent years and the shipping
industry is striving for solutions to reduce their emissions and to comply with stricter …

Analysis of material flow and consumption in cement production process

T Gao, L Shen, M Shen, L Liu, F Chen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
Cement production, which is highly dependent on the availability of natural resources, will
face severe resource constraints in the future. This is especially true for the cement industry …

A multi-dimensional well-to-wheels analysis of passenger vehicles in different regions: Primary energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and economic cost

F Orsi, M Muratori, M Rocco, E Colombo, G Rizzoni - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an exergy-based well-to-wheels analysis to compare different
passenger vehicles, based on three key indicators: petroleum energy use, CO 2 emissions …

GHG balances of bioenergy systems–Overview of key steps in the production chain and methodological concerns

F Cherubini - Renewable Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper deals with a methodology for calculating the greenhouse gas (GHG) balances of
bioenergy systems producing electricity, heat and transportation biofuels from biomass …