Cotton (Gossypium)plant residue for industrial fuel. An economic assessment

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Gomes, Raquel S ^a   N Wilson, Paul ^a   Coates, Wayne E ^a   Fox, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative fuel; Cotton biomass; Cotton plant residue; Economics; Industrial use

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS FUEL; COTTON PLANT RESIDUE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FUEL PRODUCTION;

GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0030815720     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(97)00006-X     Document Type: Article

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