Comparative analysis of wood chips and bundles - Costs, carbon dioxide emissions, dry-matter losses and allergic reactions

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-90

  Eriksson, Lisa ^a   Gustavsson, Leif ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bundles; Chips; Forest fuel; Life cycle perspective

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC REACTIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CHIP SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FINNISH; FOREST FUEL; FOREST RESIDUE; FUEL COST; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; LOWER COST; MULTIPLE SYSTEMS; OVERALL COSTS; PRIMARY ENERGY USE; WOOD CHIP;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLEARCUTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRY MATTER; FOSSIL FUEL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PLANT RESIDUE;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHIPS; COSTS; FORESTS; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 72649084516     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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