Life cycle assessment of palm biodiesel: Revealing facts and benefits for sustainability

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Yee, Kian Fei ^a   Tan, Kok Tat ^a   Abdullah, Ahmad Zuhairi ^a   Lee, Keat Teong ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Energy balance; Green house gas; Life cycle assessment; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDSTOCKS; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; OIL SHALE; OILSEEDS; PALM OIL; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; ENVIRONMENTAL FEASIBILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SUSTAINABLE FUELS; TRANSESTERIFICATION PROCESS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;

BIODIESEL;

BIOENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY BALANCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PRODUCTION COST; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 67949118785     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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