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Biogas from Marine Macroalgae: a New Environmental Technology — Life Cycle Inventory for a Further LCA Cover

Biogas from Marine Macroalgae: a New Environmental Technology — Life Cycle Inventory for a Further LCA

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 4 (2010): Issue -1 (June 2010)
By: Francesco Romagnoli,  Dagnija Blumberga and  Emanuele Gigli  
Open Access
|Jan 2011

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10145-010-0024-5 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 97 - 108
Published on: Jan 17, 2011
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
biogas,
biomethane,
LCA,
marine macro algae,
Ulva Prolifera
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

© 2011 Francesco Romagnoli, Dagnija Blumberga, Emanuele Gigli, published by Riga Technical University
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Volume 4 (2010): Issue -1 (June 2010)