Marine Scrubbers vs Low-Sulfur Fuels: A Comprehensive Well-To-Wake Life Cycle Assessment Supported by Measurements Aboard an Ocean-Going Vessel

Patritsia M. Stathatou; Ievgenii Petrunia; Torsten Barenthin; George Gotsis; Paul Jeffrey; Christopher Fee; Scott Bergeron; Marios Tsezos; Michael Triantafyllou; Neil Gershenfeld

doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c10006

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Marine Scrubbers vs Low-Sulfur Fuels: A Comprehensive Well-To-Wake Life Cycle Assessment Supported by Measurements Aboard an Ocean-Going Vessel

Ievgenii Petrunia Torsten Barenthin George Gotsis Paul Jeffrey Christopher Fee Scott Bergeron Marios Tsezos Michael Triantafyllou Neil Gershenfeld

Environmental Science & Technology Vol. 59 No. 14 pp. 7066-7080 · American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Published: Apr 04, 2025
Vol/Issue: 59(14)
Pages: 7066-7080
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Patritsia M. Stathatou

School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology; Renewable Bioproducts Institute; Georgia Institute of Technology; Center for Bits and Atoms; Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Ievgenii Petrunia