Experimental and economic study of a gasification plant fuelled with olive industry wastes

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 247-257

  Vera, David ^a   Jurado, Francisco ^a   Margaritis, Nikolaos K ^b   Grammelis, Panagiotis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b Institute for Solid Fuels Technology and Applications   (Greece)

Author keywords

Downdraft gasifier; Olive wastes; Producer gas; Profitability index

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; INVESTMENTS; OLIVE OIL; PILOT PLANTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROFITABILITY;

COLD GAS EFFICIENCY; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SYSTEM; DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GASIFICATION PLANTS; PAYBACK PERIODS; PRODUCER GAS; PROFITABILITY INDEX;

COGENERATION PLANTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL POWER; ESSENTIAL OIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PROFITABILITY; THERMAL POWER;

SPAIN;

EID: 84908413152     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: 23524669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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