Life cycle assessment of adipic acid production from lignin

doi:10.1039/C8GC00868J

Title: Life cycle assessment of adipic acid production from lignin

Abstract

In this study, we performed a life cycle assessment (LCA) on an emerging lignin upgrading process, namely the production of biobased adipic acid.

Authors:

^[1]; Biddy, Mary J. ^[2];

^[2];

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Quantitative Sustainability Assessment; Department of Management Engineering; Technical University of Denmark; Lyngby; Denmark
National Bioenergy Center; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Golden; USA

Publication Date:: 2018-01-01

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Bioenergy Technologies Office (EE-3B)

OSTI Identifier:: 1470967

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-2A00-72361
Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9262; GRCHFJ

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Green Chemistry

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 20; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9262

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS; lignin; lignocellulosic biorefineries; life cycle assessment; adipic acid

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                    Corona, Andrea, Biddy, Mary J., Vardon, Derek R., Birkved, Morten, Hauschild, Michael Z., and Beckham, Gregg T. Life cycle assessment of adipic acid production from lignin.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Corona, Andrea, Biddy, Mary J., Vardon, Derek R., Birkved, Morten, Hauschild, Michael Z., & Beckham, Gregg T. Life cycle assessment of adipic acid production from lignin.  United States.  doi:10.1039/C8GC00868J.

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                    Corona, Andrea, Biddy, Mary J., Vardon, Derek R., Birkved, Morten, Hauschild, Michael Z., and Beckham, Gregg T. Mon .  
        "Life cycle assessment of adipic acid production from lignin".  United States.  doi:10.1039/C8GC00868J.

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@article{osti_1470967,

  title        = {Life cycle assessment of adipic acid production from lignin},

  author       = {Corona, Andrea and Biddy, Mary J. and Vardon, Derek R. and Birkved, Morten and Hauschild, Michael Z. and Beckham, Gregg T.},

  abstractNote = {In this study, we performed a life cycle assessment (LCA) on an emerging lignin upgrading process, namely the production of biobased adipic acid.},

  doi          = {10.1039/C8GC00868J},

  journal      = {Green Chemistry},

  issn         = {1463-9262},

  number       = 16,

  volume       = 20,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {1}

}

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