Environmental aspects of substituting bio-synthetic natural gas for natural gas in the brick industry

Agronomy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-372

  Repele, M ^a   Dudko, M ^a   Rusanova, J ^a   Valters, K ^a   Bazbauers, G ^a  

^a RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Alternative energy; bio SNG; Brick industry; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879065329     PISSN: 1406894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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