Fuel ethanol from cane molasses in Thailand: Environmental and cost performance

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1589-1599

  Nguyen, Thu Lan T ^a   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cost performance; Environmental performance; Molasses based gasohol

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GASOHOL; MOLASSES; PRODUCTION;

CANE MOLASSES; MOLASSES-BASED GASOHOL; PRODUCTION COSTS;

ETHANOL FUELS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUGAR CANE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 40949141350     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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