Woodfuels prosperity towards a more sustainable energy production

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 112 CCIS, Issue PART 2, 2010, Pages 19-25

  Kyriakopoulos, Grigorios L ^a   Kolovos, Konstantinos G ^b   Chalikias, Miltiadis S ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b SCHOOL OF PEDAGOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

biofuels; biomass; economic feasibility; energy production; environmental sustainability; woodfuels

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; DOMESTIC HOT WATER; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY NETWORKS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HEATING APPLICATIONS; HIGH HEATING VALUES; NORTHERN GREECE; PROPORTIONAL ALLOCATION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

BIOFUELS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HEATING;

EID: 78649836249     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16324-1_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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