An economic comparison assessment of lignite and biomass IGCC power plants

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-30

  Tsakomakas, Nikolaos G ^a   Pilavachi, Petros A ^a   Polyzakis, Apostolos L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b Region of Western Macedonia   (Greece)

Author keywords

BIGCC; Biomass; IGCC; Lignite

Indexed keywords

BIGCC; BIOMASS INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLES; BIOMASS PLANTS; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC COMPARISONS; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ECONOMIC LIFE; EXCEL SPREADSHEETS; IGCC; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; NET PRESENT VALUE; SELLING PRICES;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; EARNINGS; PROFITABILITY;

LIGNITE;

EID: 84856104346     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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