Life cycle assessment of sugarcane ethanol and palm oil biodiesel joint production

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-79

  Souza, Simone Pereira ^a   de Ávila, Márcio Turra ^b   Pacca, Sérgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biorefinery; Ethanol; GHG emissions; Joint biofuels production system; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; BIOREFINERIES; BRAZILIAN CERRADO; CARBON BALANCE; CERRADO; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GHG EMISSION; JOINT PRODUCTION; JOINT SYSTEM; LAND USE TYPE; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PALM OIL; PALM-TREE; PAYBACK TIME; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SACCHARUM SPP;

CARBON; CROPS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; REFINING; SURVEYS; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIODIESEL;

BIOFUEL; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; CERRADO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUEL; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PASTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REFINING INDUSTRY; SAVANNA; SUGAR CANE; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETABLE OIL;

CARBON; ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; FARM CROPS; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; VEGETABLE OIL;

BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84862751305     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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