Carbon balance implications of coconut biodiesel utilization in the Philippine automotive transport sector

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 579-585

  Tan, Raymond R ^a   Culaba, Alvin B ^a   Purvis, Michael R I ^b  

^a DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Carbon dioxide emissions abatement; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; DIESEL FUELS; POWER GENERATION; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIESEL; POTENTIAL FUELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 1542433999     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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