New method for assessing the performance of agricultural biogas plants

Renewable Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-112

  Djatkov, Djordje ^a   Effenberger, Mathias ^b   Lehner, Andreas ^b   Martinov, Milan ^a   Tesic, Milos ^c   Gronauer, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry   (Germany)

^c Vojvodina Academy of Science and Arts   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Assessment method; Biogas plant; Monitoring; Performance

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ASSESSMENT METHODS; BIOGAS PLANT; BIOGAS PLANTS; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIOGAS UTILIZATION; COMPREHENSIVE METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GERMANY; HEAT UTILIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PLANNING PHASE; PRE-ASSESSMENT; RELIABLE ASSESSMENT; RELIABLE PERFORMANCE; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; UNCERTAIN DATAS;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; MONITORING; RATING;

BIOGAS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOGAS; ENERGY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER PLANT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

GERMANY;

EID: 80755156241     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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