Biopower generation in British Columbia: An opportunity for greenhouse gas mitigation

2006 IEEE EIC Climate Change Technology Conference, EICCCC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kumar, Amit ^a   Flynn, Peter ^a   Sokhansanj, Shahab ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass power; Direct combustion; Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle; Power cost

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

DIRECT COMBUSTION; LODGEPOLE PINE; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE;

BIOMASS;

EID: 41549165158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EICCCC.2006.277181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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