Production possibility frontier analysis of biodiesel from waste cooking oil

Energy Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 362-368

  Kagawa, Shigemi ^a,c   Takezono, Kanako ^a   Suh, Sangwon ^b   Kudoh, Yuki ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Productivity; Waste cooking oil

Indexed keywords

BIO-DIESEL FUEL; BIODIESEL PLANTS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; COST RATIO; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EFFICIENT PRODUCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INPUT DATAS; OUTPUT DATA; PRODUCTION ACTIVITY; PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIER; UNIT PRODUCTION COST; WASTE COOKING OIL;

BIODIESEL; COSTS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DIESEL FUELS; METHANOL; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLID WASTES;

OILS AND FATS;

BIOFUEL; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DIESEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION COST; PRODUCTIVITY;

JAPAN;

EID: 84873130933     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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