Biogas energy

Biogas Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-169

  Abbasi, Tasneem ^a   Tauseef, S M ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE;

BIOGAS ENERGY; CLEAN ENERGY; GLOBAL WARMING CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL;

BIOGAS;

EID: 85015711270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1040-9     Document Type: Book

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