Energy supply from municipal wastes : The potential of biogas-fuelled buses in Brazil

Renewable Energy

Volumn 16, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 1000-1003

  Kuwahara, N ^a   Berni, M D ^a   Bajay, S V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass fuels; Renewable energy; Urban transport; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; BIOMASS; BUSES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND FILL; METHANE; URBAN PLANNING;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

BIOGAS;

EID: 0032761382     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-1481(98)00353-x     Document Type: Article

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