Agro-industry sugarcane residues disposal: The trends of their conversion into energy carriers in Cuba

Waste Management

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 869-885

  Alonso Pippo, W ^a,b   Garzone, P ^c   Cornacchia, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c Trisaia Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; SUGAR CANE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY CARRIER; FAST PYROLYSIS MODULE (FPM3); SUGARCANE AGRICULTURE RESIDUES (SCAR);

WASTE DISPOSAL;

BAGASSE; BIOFUEL;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; SUGAR CANE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGROINDUSTRY; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; CROP RESIDUE; ENERGY USE; RECYCLING; SUGAR CANE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AGRICULTURE; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUBA; ECONOMICS; ENERGY RECOVERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SUGAR INDUSTRY; SUGARCANE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; CELLULOSE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CUBA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SACCHARUM;

PLANT RESIDUES; SUGAR CANE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 34247617869     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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