The impact of agricultural residue yield range on the delivered cost to a biorefinery in the Peace River region of Alberta, Canada

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-305

  Stephen, J D ^a   Sokhansanj, S ^a   Bi, X ^a   Sowlati, T ^a   Kloeck, T ^b   Townley Smith, L ^c   Stumborg, M A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; COST FUNCTIONS; FEEDSTOCKS; OPERATING COSTS; PRODUCTIVITY; REFINING;

ALBERTA , CANADA; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; DELIVERY COSTS; FEEDSTOCK COSTS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; POWER FUNCTIONS; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 76749124380     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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