Development of tortuosity factor for assessment of lignocellulosic biomass delivery cost to a biorefinery

Applied Energy

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 288-295

  Sultana, Arifa ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

GIS; Lignocellulosic biomass transportation; Tortuosity factor; Transportation cost; Transportation distance; Winding factor

Indexed keywords

COSTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; TORTUOSITY FACTOR; TRANSPORTATION COST; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE; WINDING FACTORS;

BIOMASS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CELLULOSE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LIGNIN; REFINING INDUSTRY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TORTUOSITY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84893394288     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.12.036     Document Type: Article

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