Decarbonising buildings by indirect use of gas and biomass

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Energy

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 169-181

  Squire, S ^a,b   Chalmers, H ^a   Gibbins, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Carbon Capture and Storage Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infrastructure planning; Power stations (fossil fuel); Power stations (non fossil fuel)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COGENERATION PLANTS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN STORAGE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GASOLINE PLANTS;

'CURRENT; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CENTRALISED; DE-CARBONIZING BUILDINGS; DIRECT USE; HEAT PUMPS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; POWER STATION (FOSSIL FUEL); POWER STATION (NON-FOSSIL FUEL); POWER STATIONS (NON-FOSSIL FUELS);

CARBON CAPTURE;

EID: 77952975161     PISSN: 17514223     EISSN: 17514231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ener.2009.162.4.169     Document Type: Article

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