An evaluation of the techno-economic potential of co-firing coal with woody biomass in thermal power plants in the south of Brazil

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 295-302

  Hoffmann, Bettina Susanne ^a   Szklo, Alexandre ^a   Schaeffer, Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass potential; Brazil; Co firing; Energy forests; Fluidized bed combustion

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS AVAILABILITY; BIOMASS POTENTIAL; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN COAL; CO-FIRING; CO-FIRING BIOMASS; CO-FIRING COAL; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ENERGY FORESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LOW RANK COALS; TECHNICAL LIMITS; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; THERMAL PLANTS; THERMAL POWER; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WOODY BIOMASS;

BOILER FIRING; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

BIOMASS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLUIDIZATION; FOSSIL FUEL; POWER PLANT; SUSTAINABILITY; THERMAL POWER;

BIOMASS; BRAZIL; COAL; COMBUSTION; DEPOSITS; ENERGY; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; POWER PLANTS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84864311556     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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