Production of Palm Oil with methane avoidance at Palm Oil Mill: A case study of cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1351-1355

  Puah, Chiew Wei ^a   Choo, Yuen May ^a   Ong, Soon Hock ^b  

^a MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Greenhouse Gas; Oil Palm biomass; Palm Oil Mill Effluent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892381221     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2013.1351.1355     Document Type: Article

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