Life Cycle Assessment of Thermochemical Conversion of Empty Fruit Bunch of Oil Palm to Bio-Methane

Life-Cycle Assessment of Biorefineries

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 167-197

  Montafia, P ^a   Gnansounou, Edgard ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bio methane; Empty fruit bunch; Gasification; Oil palm; Thermochemical conversion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL FUELS; FRUITS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; METHANE; PALM OIL;

ALLOCATION METHODS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; HYDROTHERMAL GASIFICATION; HYDROTHERMAL TECHNIQUES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); OIL PALM; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85027174249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63585-3.00006-1     Document Type: Chapter

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