Is it environmentally advantageous to use vegetable oil directly as biofuel instead of converting it to biodiesel?

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1317-1328

  Esteban, Bernat ^a   Baquero, Grau ^a   Puig, Rita ^a   Riba, Jordi Roger ^a   Rius, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofuel; Comparative life cycle assessment; Energy return on investment index; Straight vegetable oil

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; CONDITIONING PROCESS; ENERGY CONVERSION RATIO; ENERGY DEPENDENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY RETURN ON INVESTMENT INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; OIL PRICES; RATE OF CONSUMPTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; STRAIGHT VEGETABLE OIL;

BIODIESEL; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; LUBRICATING OILS; PROFITABILITY; RATING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIOETHANOL;

BIOFUEL; CANOLA; DIESEL; EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDEX METHOD; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE OIL;

SPAIN;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 79451473039     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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