Sustainability assessment of palm biodiesel production in Thailand

Biofuel Technologies: Recent Developments

Volumn 9783642345197, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-49

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

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

^b THAILAND CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICS   (Thailand)

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EID: 84949178220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34519-7_2     Document Type: Chapter

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