Economic and environmental assessment on the energetic valorization of organic material for a municipality in Quebec, Canada

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 275-283

  Morin, Philippe ^a   Marcos, Bernard ^a   Moresoli, Christine ^b   Laflamme, Claude B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogas; Co generation; Energy; Greenhouse gas; Organic waste; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; COSTS; EMISSION CONTROL; FERTILIZERS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; NATURAL GAS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CO-GENERATION; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; ENERGY; ENERGY GENERATIONS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SLUDGE; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; ORGANIC WASTES;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; COGENERATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POWER GENERATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SLUDGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 70349445292     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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