Economic feasibility of biodiesel production from Macauba in Brazil

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 819-824

  Lopes, Daniela de Carvalho ^a   Steidle Neto, Antonio José ^a   Mendes, Adriano Aguiar ^b   Pereira, Débora Tamires Vítor ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acrocomia aculeata; C53; C63; Economy; O54; Q01; Q13; Q16; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ACROCOMIA ACULEATA; C53; C63; ECONOMY; O54; Q01; Q13; Q16;

DIESEL FUELS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SEED; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BIODIESEL;

BIOFUEL; COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMICS; GAS PRODUCTION;

BRAZIL;

ACROCOMIA ACULEATA;

EID: 84887194918     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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