Essays about: "Rickard Almers"

Found 2 essays containing the words Rickard Almers.

1. 1. Climate impacts of land use in LCA : elaboration of criteria for satisfactory methods

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

   Author : Rickard Almers; [2015]
   Keywords : life cycle assessment; carbon footprint; ILUC; indirect land use changes; land occupation; albedo; climate impact indicator;

   Abstract : INTRODUCTION LCA is a widely used tool for assessing the environmental impacts of products. However, despite the large importance of land use for atmospheric CO2-levels there is still no consensus on how to include the climate impact of land use in LCA and results vary up to several hundred percent depending on method. READ MORE

3. 2. Tillsats av biokol till en svensk sandjord : effekter på lustgasavgång, kväveretention och andel vattenfyllda porer

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

   Author : Rickard Almers; [2009]
   Keywords : lustgas; N2O; denitrifikation; biokol; träkol; svartkol; kväveretention; nitratretention; ammoniumretention; klimatförändringar; CO2; koldioxid; carbon capture and storage; CCS; kolsänka;

   Abstract : In a column experiment the effect of three different biochars on nitrous gas emissions, nitrogenretention and water filled pore space (WFPS) were studied in a Swedish sandy soil, classified as aCryopsamment. Ammonium retention was positively correlated, while KCl-extractable ammoniumwas negatively correlated, with the specific area of the biochars. READ MORE