Greenhouse gas emissions from production and use of used cooking oil methyl ester as transport fuel in Thailand

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 873-876

  Pleanjai, Somporn ^a   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a   Garivait, Savitri ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Conventional diesel; Greenhouse gas; Life cycle assessment; Used cooking oil methyl ester

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL OIL; CONVENTIONAL DIESEL; DIESEL PRODUCTIONS; DIESEL VEHICLES; DRIVING CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; GHG EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIALS; GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIGHT DUTIES; RENEWABLE SOURCES; THAILAND; TRANSPORT FUELS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; USED COOKING OIL METHYL ESTER; WASTE OIL;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODIESEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); WASTE DISPOSAL;

LIFE CYCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 64549097198     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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