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Industrial uses of biomass energy : the example of Brazil / edited by Frank Rosillo-Calle, Sergio V. Bajay, Harry Rothman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biomass energy--Industrial applications--Brazil.
- Biomass energy.
- Energy conversion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Industrial Uses of Biomass Energy demonstrates that energy-rich vegetation, biomass, is a key renewable energy resource for the future. Brazil, uniquely, has a recent history of large-scale biomass industrial uses that makes it a specially important test-bed both for the development of biomass technology and its utilisation, and for understanding how this is shaped by political and socio-economic forces. The book analyses the cause for this and the alternatives. It is argued that Brazil's experience with the development for industrial biomass use provides wider lessons and insights in the cont
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Overview of biomass energy DAVID O.HALL, JO I.HOUSE AND IVAN SCRASE; Energy from biomass in Brazil SERGIO VALDIR BAJAY, ELIANE BEZERRA DE CARVALHO AND ANDR LUIS FERREIRA; The potential contribution of technology assessment to bioenergy programmes HARRY ROTHMAN AND ANDR FURTADO; Assessment of externalities and sustainability issues AUSILIO BAUEN; Sugar-cane culture and use of residues OSCAR A.BRAUNBECK AND LUS A.B.CORTEZ
- Sugar-cane industrial processing in Brazil ISAAS DE CARVALHO MACEDO AND LUS A.B.CORTEZ Pulp and paper SERGIO VALDIR BAJAY, MAURO DONIZETI BERNI AND CARLOS ROBERTO DE LIMA; Production and use of industrial charcoal FRANK ROSILLO-CALLE AND GUILHERME BEZZON; New technologies for modern biomass energy carriers ARNALDO WALTER ET AL.; Concluding remarks and future directionsFRANK ROSILLO-CALLE; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610178636
- 9781040197295
- 1040197299
- 9780429094910
- 0429094914
- 9781420023084
- 142002308X
- 9781482268188
- 1482268183
- 9781280178634
- 1280178639
- 9780203194034
- 0203194039
- OCLC:
- 84860261
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