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The Impacts of System Boundary and Biogenic Carbon Accounting in an Attributional Life Cycle Analysis of U.S. Renewable Natural Gas Production Pathways

Conference ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2571849· OSTI ID:2571849
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  1. NETL Site Support Contractor, National Energy Technology Laboratory
  2. NETL
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The slides provide an overview of the attributional LCA analysis of renewable natural gas production (RNG). Topics include: • Overview of previous NETL RNG work and inconsistencies in literature.<p>• Presentation of LCA methodology centered around system boundary and biogenic carbon accounting.</p><p>• Results for 60 distinct RNG production pathways.</p><p>• Discussion of results.</p>
Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), Office of Resource Sustainability (FE-30)
OSTI ID:
2571849
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

LCA
RNG
biogenic CO2