Integrated production of sugarcane ethanol and soybean biodiesel: Environmental and economic implications of fossil diesel displacement

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 1170-1179

  Souza, Simone P ^a,b   Seabra, Joaquim E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biorefinery; LCA; Sustainability; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908670687     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.06.015     Document Type: Article

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