Evaluating the use of renewable fuel sources to heat flue-cured tobacco barns

The curing of flue-cured tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is an energy intensive process and represents a significant portion of the overall cost of production. Given the goal of the industry to reduce the environmental footprint of tobacco production and the energy demand of curing, attention has be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Robert T.
Other Authors: Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82554