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Energy production from biomass. (Part 2): Conversion technologies

Peter McKendry
- 01 May 2002 - 
- Vol. 83, Iss: 1, pp 47-54
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A brief review of the main conversion processes is presented, with specific regard to the production of a fuel suitable for spark ignition gas engines.
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This article is published in Bioresource Technology.The article was published on 2002-05-01. It has received 1919 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Primary energy & Renewable fuels.

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Energy production from biomass (Part 1): Overview of biomass.

TL;DR: The potential of a restored landfill site to act as a biomass source, providing fuel to supplement landfill gas-fuelled power stations, is examined, together with a comparison of the economics of power production from purpose-grown biomass versus waste-biomass.

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