Energy and carbon footprints of ethanol production using banana and cooking banana discard: A case study from Costa Rica and Ecuador

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2640-2649

  Graefe, Sophie ^a   Dufour, Dominique ^a,b   Giraldo, Andrés ^a   Muñoz, Luis Armando ^a   Mora, Paola ^a   Solís, Hortensia ^c   Garcés, Hernán ^d   Gonzalez, Alonso ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c Cooperativa de Caficultores de Dota ^*  (Costa Rica)

^d ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Ethanol; Life cycle analysis; Musa spp.; Net energy balance

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS SOURCE; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COSTA RICA; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECUADOR; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; HIGH QUALITY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE APPROACH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MUSA SPP; NET-ENERGY BALANCE; PRODUCTION LIFE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RESOURCE USE; SHADE TREES; SUGAR CONTENT;

ECONOMICS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESEARCH; SUGARS;

FRUITS;

BIOENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; COFFEE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ETHANOL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE USE; SUGAR;

COSTA RICA; ECUADOR;

MUSA;

EID: 79958125127     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.02.051     Document Type: Article

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