Life cycle assessment of a corn stover torrefaction plant integrated with a corn ethanol plant and a coal fired power plant

Agriculture & Biology

• torrefaction 100%
• biocoal 85%
• life cycle assessment 83%
• corn stover 74%
• power plants 72%
• coal 70%
• ethanol 46%
• greenhouse gas emissions 40%
• corn 40%
• electricity 33%
• life cycle (organisms) 18%
• heat 16%
• water content 15%
• carbon dioxide 11%
• gases 10%
• energy 8%
• gasoline 8%
• steam 7%
• biomass 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Gas emissions 66%
• Greenhouse gases 66%
• Ethanol 65%
• Life cycle 56%
• Power plants 53%
• Coal 53%
• Electricity 38%
• Moisture 34%
• Hot Temperature 25%
• Carbon dioxide 24%
• Gases 14%
• Gasoline 12%
• Logistics 11%
• Sensitivity analysis 11%
• Industry 11%
• Steam 10%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• coal-fired power plant 75%
• ethanol 61%
• maize 58%
• life cycle 53%
• greenhouse gas emissions 41%
• electricity 32%
• moisture content 24%
• carbon dioxide 14%
• combined heat and power 13%
• firing 9%
• gas 9%
• energy 9%
• logistics 8%
• sensitivity analysis 8%
• coal 6%
• demand 6%
• biomass 5%
• need 5%