Biogas appliances in Sub-Sahara Africa

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-50

  Tumwesige, Vianney ^a,b   Fulford, David ^c   Davidson, Grant C ^d  

^a Green Heat (U) Ltd   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Kingdom Bioenergy Ltd Brandon Ave Woodley   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas appliances; Biogas for cooking and lighting; Biogas in Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; EFFICIENCY; HEATING; LIGHTING; STOVES;

BIOGAS PRODUCTION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; SUB-SAHARA AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BIOGAS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; COOKING APPLIANCE; DOMESTIC WORK; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; EQUIPMENT; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84909949738     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 18732909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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