The relative cost of biomass energy transport

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 137-140, Issue 1-12, 2007, Pages 639-652

  Searcy, Erin ^a   Flynn, Peter ^a   Ghafoori, Emad ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass transportation; Ethanol transport; Pipeline transport; Power transmission; Rail transport; Ship transport; Transportation cost; Truck transport

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COST ACCOUNTING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; PIPELINES; POWER PLANTS; POWER TRANSMISSION; RAW MATERIALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SHIPS; TRUCKS; UNLOADING;

BIO-MASS ENERGY; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS; BIOMASS PROCESSING; BIOMASS TRANSPORTATION; COST OF TRANSPORTATION; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY PRODUCTS; ETHANOL TRANSPORT; FIXED COSTS; INCREMENTAL COSTS; LOGISTICS COSTS; LOWER COST; MODE OF TRANSPORTS; PIPELINE TRANSPORT; POWER LOSSES; RAIL TRANSPORT; RECOVERING ENERGY; SHIP TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSION GRIDS; TRANSMISSION LINE; TRANSPORTATION COST; TRUCK TRANSPORT; VARIABLE COSTS; WOODCHIPS;

TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

BIOMASS; BIOMASS ENERGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENERGY YIELD;

BIOMASS; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 43049134531     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-007-9085-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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