Energy, exergy and emergy analysis of using straw as fuel in district heating plants

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 63-73

  Nilsson, Daniel ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuels; Emergy analysis; Energy analysis; Exergy analysis; Straw fuels

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PRODUCTION; FUEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAW;

BIOMASS; CALCULATIONS; COGENERATION PLANTS; DISTRICT HEATING; FOSSIL FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

DISTRICT HEATING PLANTS; EMERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY ANALYSIS;

STRAW;

EID: 0031432637     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(97)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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