Optimizing biogas production: An application to an Italian farming district

Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1289-1296

  Fiorese, G ^a,b   Guariso, G ^a   Polimeni, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; GHG emissions; Plant location

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MANURE; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIOMASS TRANSPORTATIONS; CAPACITY INCREASE; CAPITAL EQUIPMENTS; CONVERSION PLANTS; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; GHG EMISSION; HIGH COSTS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PLANNING; METHANE EMISSIONS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; TRANSPORTATION COST;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LOCATION; MANURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; OPTIMIZATION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84858323230     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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