Charcoal as an alternative energy carrier: Net energy and cost analyses

T.O. Moen, S. Rustad and P.E. Thoresen

Energy, 1984, vol. 9, issue 6, 505-517

Abstract: Principles for net energy analysis are reviewed and applied to a proposed system for charcoal production, district heating and electricity co-generation. Calculated net utilizable energy production (NUEP) is 49% for charcoal production, not counting waste products and rejected heat, and 78% for combined charcoal, heat, and electricity production, based on data for direct and indirect energy consumption in Norway. Comparisons with other widely used biomass energy systems, using NUEP and cost values, show that charcoal is a renewable energy carrier which is competitive on both an energetic and an economic basis.

Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(84)90030-6

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