Spatial and temporal effects in drying biomass for energy

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 353-360

  Liang, T ^a   Khan, M A ^a   Meng, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass; Drying; energy; GIS; Hawaii; Leucaena; solar; spatial; temporal

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; DRYING; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CUMULATIVE PRECIPITATION; HAWAII; MOISTURE CONTENT; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

BIOMASS;

LEUCAENA; LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 0030481769     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0961-9534(95)00112-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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