A conceptual lignocellulosic 'feed+fuel' biorefinery and its application to the linked biofuel and cattle raising industries in Brazil

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4932-4938

  Mathews, John A ^a   Tan, Hao ^b   Moore, Michael J B ^c   Bell, Geoff ^d  

^a LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Level 21 ^*  (Australia)

^d Lane Cove Business Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indirect land use changes; Linked biofuel and beef cattle value chains; Yeast (single cell protein) as an animal feed partial substitute

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL FEED SUPPLEMENTS; BIOREFINERIES; CATTLE GRAZING; CURRENT LEVELS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; INDIRECT EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LAND-USE CHANGE; SINGLE CELL PROTEINS; VALUE CHAINS; YEAST BIOMASS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; PROTEINS; REFINING; YEAST;

BIOETHANOL;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; CATTLE; ETHANOL; FOOD PROCESSING; GRASS; GRAZING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SUGAR CANE;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960707736     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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