Steam-treated wood pellets: Environmental and financial implications relative to fossil fuels and conventional pellets for electricity generation
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- 作者：Jon McKechniea ; jon.mckechnie@nottingham.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Brad Savilleb ; Heather L. MacLeanb ; c
- 关键词：Wood pellets ; Electricity generation ; Life cycle assessment ; Techno-economic analysis ; Canada
- 刊名：Applied Energy
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：15 October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：180
- 期：Complete
- 页码：637-649
- 全文大小：732 K
文摘
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Steam-treated pellets can greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions relative to coal.
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Cost advantage is seen relative to conventional pellets.
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Higher pellet cost is more than balanced by reduced retrofit capital requirements.
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Low capacity factors further favour steam-treated pellets over conventional pellets.