Review of sugarcane trash recovery systems for energy cogeneration in South Africa

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 915-925

  Smithers, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cogeneration; Energy; South Africa; Sugarcane; Trash recovery systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894056648     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.01.042     Document Type: Review

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