Energetic environmental and economic assessment of three tree species and one herbaceous crop irrigated with primary treated sewage effluent

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-124

  Tzanakakis, V A ^a   Chatzakis, M K ^a   Angelakis, A N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioenergy crops; Economic analysis; Energy analysis; Nutrient use efficiency; Wastewater land application; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CROPS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOENERGY CROPS; ENERGY ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT-USE EFFICIENCIES; WASTEWATER LAND APPLICATIONS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EFFLUENTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BIOENERGY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVERGREEN TREE; HERB; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84870695515     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.09.051     Document Type: Article

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