Comprehensive comparison of efficiency and CO2 emissions between biomass energy conversion technologies - Position of supercritical water gasification in biomass technologies

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-272

  Yoshida, Yoshikuni ^a   Dowaki, Kiyoshi ^b   Matsumura, Yukihiko ^c   Matsuhashi, Ryuji ^a   Li, Dayin ^a   Ishitani, Hisashi ^d   Komiyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Efficiency; Energy system; Life cycle; Pareto optimum; Supercritical water gasification

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GASIFICATION; MOISTURE;

WATER GASIFICATION;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION;

FELINE CALICIVIRUS;

EID: 0038078939     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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