Technical and economic analysis of different cogeneration systems for energy production from biomass

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-309

  Giacchetta, Giancarlo ^a   Leporini, Mariella ^a   Marchetti, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Campus University   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass; CHP generators; Cogeneration; Gasification; Green energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940231955     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2014.060419     Document Type: Article

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