Exergy analysis of biogas production from a municipal solid waste landfill

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-28

  Xydis, G ^a,d   Nanaki, E ^b   Koroneos, C ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c Unit of Environmental Science and Technology School of Chemical Engineering   (Greece)

^d INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biogas; Exergy analysis; Municipal solid waste landfill

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS PRODUCTION; DEMAND-SIDE; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY RECOVERY; EXERGY ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

BIOGAS; EXERGY; LAND FILL;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIOGAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXERGY; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GREECE; MAGNESIA; THESSALY; VOLOS;

EID: 84884741376     PISSN: 22131388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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