Sustainability assessment of sugarcane biorefinery and molasses ethanol production in Thailand using eco-efficiency indicator

Applied Energy

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 603-609

  Silalertruksa, Thapat ^a,b   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a,b   Pongpat, Patcharaporn ^a,b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b THAILAND CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICS   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Eco efficiency; Life cycle assessment; Molasses ethanol; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; EFFICIENCY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHANOL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; REFINING; SUGAR CANE;

BIOREFINERIES; ECO-EFFICIENCY; ECO-EFFICIENCY INDICATORS; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SUGARCANE PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; REFINING INDUSTRY; SUGAR CANE; SUSTAINABILITY;

THAILAND;

EID: 84947043233     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.087     Document Type: Article

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