A comprehensive economic analysis of biomass gasification systems

Electrical Engineering in Japan (English translation of Denki Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 52-63

  Dowaki, Kiyoshi ^a   Mori, Shunsuke ^b   Fukushima, Chihiro ^b   Asai, Noriyasu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BICGS; BIGCC; Gasification process; RPS; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

BICGS; BIOMASS INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE (BIGCC); GASIFICATION PROCESSES; RPS; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; COGENERATION PLANTS; COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; COSTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 25444486415     PISSN: 04247760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eej.20089     Document Type: Article

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