Carbon mobilization in oil palm plantation and milling based on a carbon-balanced model - a case study in thailand

EnvironmentAsia

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 17-26

  Patthanaissaranukool, Withida ^a,b   Polprasert, Chongchin ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Center of Excellence on Environmental Health   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon emission; Carbon equivalence; Carbon balanced model; Palm oil

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; CASH CROPPING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; MILLING; MOBILIZATION; MODELING; PLANTATION; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

THAILAND;

ELAEIS;

EID: 80051885211     PISSN: 19061714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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