Current and potential capabilities of biomass for green energy in Iran

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4934-4938

  Hamzeh, Yahya ^a   Ashori, Alireza ^b   Mirzaei, Babak ^a   Abdulkhani, Ali ^a   Molaei, Masoumeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agricultural residues; Biomass; Microalgae; Municipal solid wastes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; FOSSIL FUELS; MICROORGANISMS;

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; MICRO-ALGAE; POTENTIAL CAPABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 81855220932     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.060     Document Type: Review

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