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Energy efficiency in current tobacco-curing practice in Tanzania and its consequences

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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.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.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.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.title Energy efficiency in current tobacco-curing practice in Tanzania and its consequences
dc.type Journal Article


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