Environmental performance of palm oil biodiesel A life-cycle perspective

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Castanheira, Erica G ^a   Freire, Fausto M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fertilization; land use change (LUC); life cycle assessment (LCA); palm oil biodiesel (PME)

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FERTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LAND USE CHANGE (LUC); LAND-USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LIFECYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; OIL EXTRACTION; OZONE LAYER DEPLETION; PALM OIL; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATION;

BIODIESEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; RATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETABLE OILS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 79960711381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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