Delft University of Technology
Green on-site power generation
environmental considerations on small-scale biomass gasifier fuel-cell CHP systems for
the residential sector
Götz, Thomas ; Saurat, Mathieu ; Tholen, Lena ; Adisorn, Thomas ; Obernberger, Ingwald ; Brunner, Thomas ; Kerschbaum, Michael ; Purushothaman Vellayani, Aravind; Makkus, Robert ; Megel, Stefan
Publication date 2017
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Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL '17)
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Götz, T., Saurat, M., Tholen, L., Adisorn, T., Obernberger, I., Brunner, T., Kerschbaum, M., Purushothaman Vellayani, A., Makkus, R., Megel, S., Hauth, M., & Zappa, W. (2017). Green on-site power generation: environmental considerations on small-scale biomass gasifier fuel-cell CHP systems for the residential sector. In P. Bertoldi (Ed.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL '17) (Vol. 3, pp. 909-921). (EUR ; No. 28961 EN). Publications Office of the European Union.
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Thomas Götz, Mathieu Saurat, Lena Tholen, Thomas Adisorn,
Ingwald Obernberger, Thomas Brunner, Michael Kerschbaum,
P.V. Aravind, Robert Makkus, Stefan Megel, Martin Hauth,
William Zappa
Green on-site
power generation
Environmental considerations on
small-scale biomass gasifier fuel-cell CHP systems
for the residential sector
Originally published in:
P. Bertoldi, Proceedings of the 9th
interna-tional conference on Energy Efficiency in
Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL
'17): Part III, EUR 28961 EN, Publications
Office of the European Union,
Luxem-bourg, 2017, ISBN 978-92-79-77174-3,
doi:10.2760/113534, JRC109209
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