Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

Table 2 Nine impact categories assessed for the sugar production facility

From: Environmental assessment of mild bisulfite pretreatment of forest residues into fermentable sugars for biofuel production

Impact category	Unit	Total
Ozone depletion	kg CFC-11 eq	3.73E-08
Global warming	kg CO₂ eq	0.353098
Smog	kg O₃ eq	0.058057
Acidification	mol H + eq	0.118889
Eutrophication	kg N eq	0.000169
Carcinogens	CTUh	3.38E-09
Non-carcinogens	CTUh	2.22E-08
Respiratory effects	kg PM10 eq	0.000238
Ecotoxicity	CTUe	0.427871

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