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An Assessment of Electricity Generation Potentials of Agricultural Residues for Power Industries in India

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
Pages 2171-2180 | Received 02 Nov 2009, Accepted 28 Nov 2009, Published online: 26 Oct 2011

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