Electricity production by advanced biomass power systems

VTT Tiedotteita - Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus

Volumn , Issue 1729, 1996, Pages

  Solantausta, Yrjö ^a   Bridgwater, Tony ^b   Beckman, David ^c  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Zeton Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Electric power; Electric power generation; Electric power plants; Electricity; Energy production; Gasification; Production; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005801434     PISSN: 12350605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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