Extended exergy accounting applied to biodiesel production

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2861-2869

  Talens Peiro L ^a   Villalba Mendez G ^a,b   Sciubba, E ^c   Gabarrell i Durany, X ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Exergy analysis; Rapeseed; Used cooking oil

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVESTMENTS; POLLUTION;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY BALANCES; EXERGY RESOURCES; EXTENDED EXERGY ACCOUNTINGS; RAPESEED; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESOURCE USE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS METHOD; TOTAL INVESTMENT; USED COOKING OIL; WORKHOURS;

EXERGY;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIESEL; EXERGY; INVESTMENT LOCATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEED;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 77956805615     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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