Biomass utilisation for energy infrastructure and applications
by Grigorios Kyriakopoulos
International Journal of Social and Humanistic Computing (IJSHC), Vol. 1, No. 2, 2009

Abstract: The recent European legislation, relative to the introduction of biofuels at local and national levels, is mainly implemented by the introduction of new environmental, friendly and economical fuels in every urban anthropogenic activity. The present study aims at a wider implementation of biofuels by studying three typical abundant biomass sources in the Greek context: straw, switchgrass and peat. The above study is supported through the application of the RETScreen International software, developed by the Organisation of Natural Resources of Canada. The software methodology is oriented to simulate space heating of houses and domestic water heating by providing a rough and effective initial estimation of the proposed energy projects, relevant to its financial feasibility and environmental sustainability.

Online publication date: Sun, 17-Jan-2010

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