A multi-criteria assessment of energy crops for biogas production

Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Vindiš, Peter ^a   Muršec, Bogomir ^a   Rozman, Črtomir ^a   Čus, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biogas; DEX i; Energy crops; Expert choice (AHP); Simulation model

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; COSTS CALCULATION; CURRENT MODELS; DETERMINISTIC PRODUCTION; DETERMINISTIC SIMULATION; ENERGY CROPS; HEAT ENERGY; MODELLING METHODOLOGY; MULTI-ATTRIBUTES; MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENT; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION MODELLING; SOFTWARE TOOL;

AIRFOILS; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BIOGAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 76649105743     PISSN: 00392480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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