Energy efficiency in current tobacco-curing practice in Tanzania and its consequences
| dc.creator | Siddiqui, K.M. | |
| dc.creator | Rajabu, Hassan | |
| dc.date | 2016-07-12T20:07:29Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-07-12T20:07:29Z | |
| dc.date | 1996-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-27T08:38:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-27T08:38:03Z | |
| dc.description | Full text can be accessed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0360544295000909 | |
| dc.description | The energy efficiency of tobacco-curing practice in Tanzania is investigated. A one-quarter size laboratory model of a traditional, fuelwood-fired, rural barn is used. The energy consumed in the tobacco-curing process is monitored together with emissions of CO and CO2. An average of 14 kg of fuelwood is consumed to obtain 1 kg of cured tobacco. The emission of CO is 0.6% of total volume. It is estimated that 0.6 hectare of woodland have to be cleared to cure 1 hectare of tobacco, leading to a deforestation rate of 13,000 hectares per annum. Alternative sources of energy to fuelwood should be developed. | |
| dc.identifier | Siddiqui, K.M. and Rajabu, H., 1996. Energy efficiency in current tobacco-curing practice in Tanzania and its consequences. Energy, 21(2), pp.141-145. | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3157 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1016/0360-5442(95)00090-9 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3157 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
| dc.title | Energy efficiency in current tobacco-curing practice in Tanzania and its consequences | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |