Energy analysis of Eucalyptus grandis production in Hawaii

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Turn, S ^a   Smith, L ^a   Koch, N ^b   Taniguchi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Forest Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUELS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

ENERGY ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SELECTION; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; FUEL CONSUMPTION RATES; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; MACHINE PRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SYSTEM BOUNDARY;

HARVESTING;

EID: 84904213831     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4885119     Document Type: Article

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