Black carbon sequestration as an alternative to bioenergy

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 426-432

  Fowles, Malcolm ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Carbon sequestration; Fossil fuel displacement

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; COAL FIRED BOILERS; FOSSIL FUELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOSSIL FUEL DISPLACEMENT; MINERAL GEOMASS;

CARBON BLACK;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; COAL FIRED BOILERS; FOSSIL FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BLACK CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 34147189640     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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