Willow firing in retrofitted Irish peat power plants

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-90

  Van Den Broek, Richard ^a   Faaij, André ^a   Van Wijk, Ad ^a   Kent, Tom ^b   Bulfin, Mike ^b   Healion, Kevin ^c   Blaney, Garrett ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c DuQuesne Ltd   (Ireland)

^d ESBI   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biomass; biomass combustion; economics; Ireland; logistics; peat; power generation; retrofit; short rotation coppice; willow

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS FUEL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; WILLOW FIRING;

IRELAND;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COST ACCOUNTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); GASIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PEAT; RETROFITTING;

SHORT ROTATION COPPICE;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0030616098     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(96)00070-0     Document Type: Article

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