Highlights
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A new exergoenvironmental approach is presented for PC power plants.
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Co-firing is proposed as alternative to mitigate the coal environmental impacts.
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The found results were validating in an existing 50 MWe PC power plant.
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The SimaPro and the GWP index were used as the tools for environmental analysis.
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A new Global Greenhouse Gases index is also presented.
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Keywords
- Co-firing process;
- Exergoenvironmental analysis;
- PC power plant;
- Life cycle assessment;
- Rice straw
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