Energy efficiency for rapeseed biodiesel production in different farming systems

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-95

  Firrisa, Melese Tesfaye ^a   van Duren, Iris ^a   Voinov, Alexey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Energy efficiency; EROEI; LCA; LCI; RME

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY; ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS; EROEI; LCA; LCI; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; RME; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

BIODIESEL; BIOFUELS; ECOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FERTILIZERS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

OILSEEDS;

AGROECOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EUROPEAN UNION; FARMING SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

NETHERLANDS; POLAND;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 84891744005     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-013-9201-2     Document Type: Article

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