Developing energy crops for thermal applications: Optimizing fuel quality, energy security and GHG mitigation

Biofuels, Solar and Wind as Renewable Energy Systems: Benefits and Risks

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 395-423

  Samson, Roger ^a   Lem, Claudia Ho ^a   Stamler, Stephanie Bailey ^a   Dooper, Jeroen ^a  

^a Centennial Centre CCB13   (Canada)

Author keywords

bioheat; biomass; biomass quality; Combustion; energy crop; energy security; grass pellets; greenhouse gas; net energy balance; perennial; switchgrass; thermal energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886059119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8654-0_16     Document Type: Chapter

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