Challenges in bioenergy production from sugarcane mills in developing countries: A case study

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5874-5898

  Colombo, Guido ^a   Ocampo Duque, William ^b   Rinaldi, Fabio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Cogeneration; Optimization; Repowering; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; SUGAR CANE;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; COGENERATION; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; GREEN ENERGY SOURCES; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; OVERALL PROCESS EFFICIENCIES; REPOWERING;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84907420317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7095874     Document Type: Article

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