Fuel supply planning for small-scale biomass heating systems

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-21

  Farr, Angela K ^a   Atkins, David ^b  

^a Forestry Division   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass boiler fuel; Biomass fuel production; Biomass heat; Biomass supply assessment

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FUELS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; SPECIFICATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOMASS BOILER; BIOMASS FUELS; BIOMASS HEATING SYSTEMS; BIOMASS SUPPLY; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST PRACTICES; SMALL SCALE; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; BOILERS; FORESTRY; FUELS; HEATING; PRODUCTION; SPECIFICATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 75749100571     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/25.1.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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