| dc.contributor.author |
Axaopoulos, P |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Panagakis, P |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2014-06-06T06:45:30Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2014-06-06T06:45:30Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2003 |
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| dc.identifier.issn |
09619534 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0961-9534(02)00134-4 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/2473 |
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| dc.subject |
Biogas production |
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| dc.subject |
Economic analysis |
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| dc.subject |
Livestock housing |
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| dc.subject |
Solar-heated digester |
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| dc.subject.other |
Algorithms |
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| dc.subject.other |
Atmospheric humidity |
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| dc.subject.other |
Computer simulation |
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| dc.subject.other |
Methane |
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| dc.subject.other |
Space heating |
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| dc.subject.other |
Energy analysis |
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| dc.subject.other |
Biogas |
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| dc.subject.other |
biogas |
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| dc.subject.other |
livestock farming |
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| dc.subject.other |
methane |
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| dc.subject.other |
power generation |
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| dc.subject.other |
Greece |
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| dc.subject.other |
Sus scrofa |
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| dc.title |
Energy and economic analysis of biogas heated livestock buildings |
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| heal.type |
journalArticle |
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| heal.identifier.primary |
10.1016/S0961-9534(02)00134-4 |
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| heal.publicationDate |
2003 |
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| heal.abstract |
The possibility to cover the annual space-heating requirements of a typical swine nursery by the methane produced using a solar-assisted anaerobic digester of innovative design, is studied for two Greek areas. Simulation is used to predict the hourly temperature and relative humidity inside the early-weaned piglet unit, along with the heating energy requirements to keep indoor conditions within pigs' production space. The methane produced by the solar-assisted anaerobic digester is also calculated using a detailed simulation algorithm. The results showed that the methane produced from the solar-assisted anaerobic digester completely ensures not only full coverage of the annual space-heating requirements of the described piglet unit for both Greek areas, but also large methane surplus which could be used in various other ways. A simple sensitivity analysis concerning the economics of the solar-assisted anaerobic digester indicated that its profitability strongly depends on to what extent the produced methane is used. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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| heal.journalName |
Biomass and Bioenergy |
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| dc.identifier.issue |
3 |
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| dc.identifier.volume |
24 |
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| dc.identifier.doi |
10.1016/S0961-9534(02)00134-4 |
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| dc.identifier.spage |
239 |
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| dc.identifier.epage |
248 |
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