A comparison of life cycle assessment studies of different biofuels

Green Energy and Technology

Volumn 0, Issue 9781447153634, 2013, Pages 269-289

  Rathore, Dheeraj ^a   Pant, Deepak ^b   Singh, Anoop ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA   (Tanzania)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Combustion; Glycerin; Maize; Petroleum

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CRUDE OIL; GAS EMISSIONS; GLYCEROL; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCKS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MAIZE; REFERENCE SYSTEMS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85042911681     PISSN: 18653529     EISSN: 18653537     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-5364-1_12     Document Type: Chapter

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