Potential emissions of Kyoto and non-kyoto climate active compounds in the production of sugarcane ethanol

Interciencia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-16

  Sanhueza, Eugenio ^a,b  

^a Instituto Venezolano   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bagasse combustion; Black carbon; Global warming; GWPs; Non kyoto compounds; Sugarcane ethanol

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650096119     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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