Minimising carbon footprint of regional biomass supply chains

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 303-309

  Lam, Hon Loong ^a   Varbanov, Petar ^a   Klemeš, Jiří ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biomass supply chain; Carbon footprint minimisation; Regional Energy Clustering

Indexed keywords

BIO-MASS ENERGY; BIOMASS SUPPLY CHAIN; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPOSITE CURVES; ENERGY IMBALANCES; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; GRAPHICAL TOOLS; NUMBER OF CLUSTERS; PROCESS INTEGRATION; REGIONAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE SOURCES; RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN SYNTHESIS;

BIOMASS; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; LAND USE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

ALGORITHM; BIOMASS POWER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ENERGY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE;

EID: 74149088635     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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