Wood and coal cofiring in interior Alaska: Utilizing woody biomass from wildland defensible-space fire treatments and other sources

USDA Forest Service - Research Note PNW-RN

Volumn , Issue 551 PNW-RN, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Nicholls, David L ^a   Patterson, Stephen E ^b   Uloth, Erin ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Alaska Region State and Private Forestry   (United States)

^c Alaska Region State and Private Forestry   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Biomass; Coal; Energy; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS; COAL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUELWOOD; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER PLANT; RECYCLING;

ALASKA; FAIRBANKS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745978752     PISSN: 08877262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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