Energy and economic analysis of biogas heated livestock buildings

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-248

  Axaopoulos, Petros ^a   Panagakis, Panos ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biogas production; Economic analysis; Livestock housing; Solar heated digester

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHANE; SPACE HEATING;

ENERGY ANALYSIS;

BIOGAS;

BIOGAS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; METHANE; POWER GENERATION;

GREECE;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037270743     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(02)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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