Life-cycle GHG assessment of soybean biodiesel

IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Castanheira, Érica G ^a   Freire, Fausto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

greenhouse gas (GHG); land use change (LUC); life cycle assessment (LCA); soybean biodiesel (SME)

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION APPROACH; CO-PRODUCTS; GHG EMISSION; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; PORTUGAL; SOYBEAN BIODIESEL (SME); TILLAGE SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIODIESEL; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; OILSEEDS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84866258807     PISSN: 2157524X     EISSN: 21575258     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSST.2012.6227977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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