Logistics cost analysis of rice straw for biomass power generation in Thailand

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1435-1441

  Delivand, Mitra Kami ^a,b   Barz, Mirko ^a,b   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a,b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b Ministry of Education   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Baling systems; Cost analysis; Logistics operations; Power plants; Rice Straw

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COST ACCOUNTING; COST REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; OPERATING COSTS; POWER PLANTS;

BALING SYSTEMS; BIOMASS FUELS; COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; FUEL SUPPLY; LOGISTICS COSTS; LOGISTICS OPERATIONS; LOGISTICS PROCESS; LOW DENSITY; NORTHERN REGIONS; POWER PLANT CAPACITIES; RICE STRAWS; SPECIFIC COST; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; THAILAND; TRANSPORT COSTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LOGISTICS; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; RICE; STRAW;

THAILAND;

EID: 79952195435     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.01.026     Document Type: Article

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