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Characteristics of Some Forestry Non-woody Biomass Species and Estimation of Their Power Generation Potentials

M. Kumar Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, India
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S. K. Patel Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, India
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P. F. Hamid Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, India
Pages 1616-1624 | Received 08 Jul 2009, Accepted 08 Oct 2009, Published online: 15 Jun 2011

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