Making use of renewable energy

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6115557

Johnston, J C

This book describes renewable energy projects proposed for the rural areas of developing countries. Topics considered include biogas generation in Zimbabwe, biogas technology for water pumping in Botswana, soil fertility and energy problems in rural development in the Zaire rain forest, international scientific collaboration on biogas technologies for rural development, alcohol from biomass, an ethanol project in Zimbabwe, biomass alcohol and the fuel-food issue, solar water heating in Zimbabwe, absorbent box solar cookers, solar crop drying in Zimbabwe, the use of passive solar energy in Botswana buildings, the potential of mini hydro systems, woodfuel as a potential renewable energy source, small-scale afforestation for domestic needs in the communal lands of Zimbabwe, muscle power, the use of human energy in construction, hand-operated water pumps, animal power for water pumping in Botswana, the production of charcoal in Zambia, improving the efficiency of a traditional charcoal-burning Burmese cooking stove, social impacts, non-engineering constraints affecting energy use in a rural area, women and energy, and non-technical factors influencing the establishment of fuels-from-crops industries in developing countries.

• OSTI ID: 6115557
• Report Number(s): CONF-8403135-
• Resource Relation: Conference: Conference on making use of renewable energy, Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, 21 Mar 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
09 BIOMASS FUELS
14 SOLAR ENERGY
13 HYDRO ENERGY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ANIMALS
BIOSYNTHESIS
BOTSWANA
CHARCOAL
CROPS
ETHANOL
FORESTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
MANPOWER
METHANE
MICRO-SCALE HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
RURAL AREAS
SOCIAL IMPACT
SOIL CONSERVATION
SOLAR COOKERS
SOLAR DRYING
SOLAR WATER HEATING
STOVES
WATER PUMPS
WOMEN
WOOD FUELS
ZAIRE REPUBLIC
ZIMBABWE
ADSORBENTS
AFRICA
ALCOHOLS
ALKANES
APPLIANCES
COOPERATION
DRYING
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FEMALES
FUELS
HEATING
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
MAMMALS
MAN
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POWER PLANTS
PRIMATES
PUMPS
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SYNTHESIS
VERTEBRATES
WATER HEATING
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