Methods for determining the biomass content of waste

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-87

  Staber, Wolfgang ^a   Flamme, Sabine ^b   Fellner, Johann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b INFA Institute for Waste Waste Water and Infrastructure Management   (Germany)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

14C Method; Balance Method; Bio fuels; Biogenic fraction; CO2 emission trading; Determination methods; Fossil fuels; Selective Dissolution Method; Solid recovered fuels; Wmr 1301 5

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS;

BALANCE METHOD; BIOGENIC FRACTION; SELECTIVE DISSOLUTION METHOD;

BIOMASS;

CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; FOSSIL FUEL; METHODOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; COMBUSTION; DISSOLUTION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUROPE; FOSSIL; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 39649113738     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07087313     Document Type: Article

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