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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Light-Weight Eco-composites

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  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by Imperial College London
  • Outlines novel experimental results such as physico-chemical parameters, biodegradability and energy recovery of starch-PVOH biocomposites under anaerobic digestion conditions
  • Provides the basis for a large number of publications in internationally renowned journals
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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About this book

Miao Guo's PhD thesis provides scientific insights into the environmental issues related to biocomposites based on starch-polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) blends. The author contributes significantly to the methodological issues underlying the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) modelling approach. As well as presenting complete LCA inventories using primary data from a variety of sources, Guo develops a new modelling approach incorporating the process-oriented biogeochemistry model Denitrification-Decomposition (DNDC) into site-specific LCA studies to simulate carbon and nitrogen dynamics in the wheat agro-ecosystem. This thesis addresses important LCA data quality issues by using comprehensive sensitivity and uncertainty analyses and has resulted in a large number of publications in internationally renowned journals.

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

    Miao Guo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Light-Weight Eco-composites

  • Authors: Miao Guo

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35037-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-35036-8Published: 09 January 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51211-1Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-35037-5Published: 11 January 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 404

  • Topics: Polymer Sciences, Environmental Chemistry, Biomaterials

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