Assessment of Potential Carbon Dioxide Reductions Due to Biomass-Coal Cofiring in the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 5081-5089

  Robinson, A L ^a   Rhodes, J S ^a   Keith, D W ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POWER PLANTS;

COAL CONSUMPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; FUEL; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUELS; POWER PLANTS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242509791     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es034367q     Document Type: Article

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