Biodiesel production in a semiarid environment: A life cycle assessment approach

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3069-3074

  Biswas, Wahidul K ^a   Barton, Louise ^b   Carter, Daniel ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CANOLA OIL; CLIMATE COOLING; DEFAULT VALUES; EMISSION FACTORS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; GHG EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; N FERTILIZERS; NITROUS OXIDE; PETROLEUM DIESEL; PETROLEUM FUELS; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS;

BIODIESEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; FERTILIZERS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; RATING; SOILS;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIODIESEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; PETROLEUM; RAPESEED OIL;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DIESEL; EMISSION CONTROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NITROUS OXIDE; PETROLEUM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EMISSION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMIARID CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOFUELS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 79953238637     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1031807     Document Type: Article

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