Greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of palm methyl ester in Thailand

International Journal of Global Warming

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 418-431

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

^a RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THANYABURI   (Thailand)

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

Author keywords

biodiesel; global warming; oil palm plantation; palm methyl ester; palm oil; PME

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953533005     PISSN: 17582083     EISSN: 17582091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2009.029213     Document Type: Article

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