Methane capture and clean development mechanism project for the sustainability of palm oil industry in Malaysia

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1568-1581

  Hassan, Mohd Ali ^a   Sulaiman, Alawi ^a,b   Shirai, Yoshihito ^c   Abd Aziz, Suraini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Certified emission reduction; Clean development mechanism; Methane; Palm oil mill effluent; Sustainability development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949910683     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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