A technical and economic analysis of three large scale biomass combustion plants in the UK

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 396-404

  McIlveen Wright, David R ^a   Huang, Ye ^a   Rezvani, Sina ^a   Redpath, David ^a   Anderson, Mark ^a   Dave, Ashok ^a   Hewitt, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass power generation; Economic aspects; Fluidised bed; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL STORAGE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; INVESTMENTS; MODELS;

BIOMASS POWER GENERATIONS; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FLUIDISED BED; HIGHER ENERGY DENSITY; LARGE-SCALE POWER PLANTS; POWER PLANT OPERATORS; PROCESS SIMULATION SOFTWARE;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

BIOMASS; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON EMISSION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FOSSIL FUEL; POWER GENERATION; ROAD TRANSPORT;

ENGLAND; NEATH PORT TALBOT; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84884209827     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.12.051     Document Type: Article

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