Capital cost prediction for biogas installations in Africa: Lang factor approach

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-142

  Amigun, B ^a,b   Von Blottnitz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biogas; Fixed capital investment; Lang factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MANURE; BIOGAS DIGESTERS; BIOGAS PLANTS; CAPITAL COST ESTIMATION; CAPITAL COSTS; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; COST PREDICTION; COST STRUCTURE; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EFFORT ESTIMATION; FACTORIAL METHODS; FIXED CAPITAL INVESTMENT; FLOWSHEET; LANG FACTOR; PERFORMANCE MODEL;

BIOGAS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; MANURES;

INVESTMENTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67651085239     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10341     Document Type: Article

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