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Table 9 GHG emission analysis of road transport

From: Assessing the sweet sorghum-based ethanol potential on saline–alkali land with DSSAT model and LCA approach

Stage

Distance (km)

Fuel intensity (L·t−1·km−1) [40,41,42]

Carbon emission factor [31, 40,41,42]

Conversion coefficient to ethanol

GHG emission (kg CO2 eq/t ethanol)a

Sweet sorghum transport

88

0.05

0.85 kg CO2 eq /L

16

59.84

Ethanol transport

100

0.05

0.85 kg CO2 eq /L

1

4.25

Summary

188

–

–

–

64.09

  1. a GHG emissions are the energy inputs of transportation times carbon emission factors and conversion coefficient
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