Economic analysis on small-scale forest biomass gasification considering geographical resources distribution and technical characteristics

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2883-2892

  Yagi, Kenjiro ^a   Nakata, Toshihiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Forest biomass; Optimization; Rural energy system; Scale merit; Wood biomass gasification

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY SYSTEMS; CAPITAL COSTS; DEMONSTRATION PLANTS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ENERGY USE; FOREST BIOMASS; FUEL PRODUCTION; GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES; GENERATION COST; INPUT DATAS; LOGGING RESIDUES; LOGISTIC COSTS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PLANT SIZE; RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE PRICE; RURAL ENERGY SYSTEM; SCALE MERIT; SMALL SCALE; TARGET REGIONS; TARGET TECHNOLOGY; TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING; TRANSPORTATION COST; WASTE WOOD; WOOD BIOMASS; WOOD BIOMASS GASIFICATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUELS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOCATION; OPTIMIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; WOOD;

BIOMASS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LOGGING (TIMBER); OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; RESOURCE ECONOMY;

BIOMASS; COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY; FORESTS; FUELS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; WOOD;

HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 79958097457     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.03.032     Document Type: Article

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