Energy and greenhouse gas balances of cassava-based ethanol

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-135

  Le, Loan T ^a   van Ierland, Ekko C ^a   Zhu, Xueqin ^a   Wesseler, Justus ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cassava based ethanol; Energy balance; GHG balance; Life cycle assessment; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ETHANOL; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CASSAVA BASED ETHANOL; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); QUANTITATIVE EFFECTS; ROAD TRANSPORTATION; VIET NAM;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BIOFUEL; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OIL PRODUCTION;

VIET NAM;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 84877359314     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 1873-2909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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