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Virtual Biorefinery

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This chapter presents some of the most useful techniques applied in the VSB to support both the sustainability assessment and decision making regarding many products and process based on biomass, especially those using sugarcane as feedstock.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    In this chapter, economic activity (or just activity), sector, and industry are synonyms.

  2. 2.

    Miller and Blair (2009) describe in more detail the principles, extensions, and applications of IOA.

  3. 3.

    In 2011, US$ 1.00 = R$ 2.00, on average.

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  1. Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazilian Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

    Marcos D. B. Watanabe, Lucas G. Pereira, Mateus F. Chagas, Charles D. F. Jesus, Alexandre Souza, Elmer C. Rivera, Otávio Cavalett & Antonio Bonomi

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Lucas G. Pereira

  3. Institute of Economics (IE), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

    Marcelo Pereira da Cunha

  4. School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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Watanabe, M.D.B. et al. (2016). Sustainability Assessment Methodologies. In: Bonomi, A., Cavalett, O., Pereira da Cunha, M., Lima, M. (eds) Virtual Biorefinery. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26045-7_6

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