Biomass has emerged in the renewable energy area with high potential to contribute to the energy needs in both the industrialized and developing countries. The objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the economic feasibility of three different configurations of a woodchips power plant...

In this work, the decomposition of hydrogen iodide (HI) over platinum catalyst in a frame work of the development of a bench-scale Sulfur–Iodine (S–I) cycle is studied. The catalyst Pt/γ-alumina 1.0wt% is prepared by impregnation–calcination method. The experiments of HI decomposition...

The economic crisis in Korea, which started as a financial or foreign exchange crisis at the end of 1997, is rapidly destroying the economic bases in real terms. It is expected that direct economic losses could exceed 25% of its annual GDP sooner or later. This would equal the damage experienced...