GIS-based biomass resource utilization for rice straw cofiring in the taiwanese power market

Energy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 354-360

  Hu, Ming Che ^a   Huang, An Lei ^a   Wen, Tzai Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geographic information system (GIS); Linear complementarity model; Rice straw cofiring

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMERCE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FEEDSTOCKS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

AGRICULTURAL BY-PRODUCTS; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOMASS RESOURCES; CO-FIRING; ELECTRICITY PLANTS; LINEAR COMPLEMENTARITY; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BIOMASS; CROP RESIDUE; ENERGY MARKET; FOSSIL FUEL; GIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAW;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84878625009     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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