Thermodynamics of energy production from biomass

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 327-364

  Patzek, Tad W ^a   Pimentel, David ^b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia; Biofuel; Biomass; Cycle; Ecosystem; Energy; Eucalypt; Exergy; Renewability; Solar; Sugarcane; Sustainability; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 30344483944     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352680500316029     Document Type: Review

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