A biomass supply logistics system

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009, ASABE 2009

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 4802-4814

  Morey, R Vance ^a   Kaliyan, Nalladurai ^a   Tiffany, Douglas G ^a   Schmidt, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn stover; Economics; Logistics; Net GHG emissions; Roll press compaction; Tub grinding

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS SUPPLY; BULK MATERIALS; CORN STOVER; END USERS; ENERGY CONTENT; FOSSIL ENERGY; GHG EMISSION; HEAT AND POWER; LOGISTICS SYSTEM; MOBILE UNITS; ROLL PRESS; ROLL PRESS COMPACTION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STORAGE SITES; TOTAL COSTS;

COAL COMBUSTION; COMPACTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); LEAKAGE (FLUID); LOGISTICS; ORGANIC CARBON; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 77649108631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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