Examination of the substutition of woody biomass based fuels for oil in the industrial sectors of Costa Rica.

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LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES. CONVERSION TABLE. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. INTRODUCTION. The Costa Rican energy sector. Limitations, assumptions, parameters. Magnitudes and characteristics of supply and demand. Demand. Supply of woody material. Woody residues from sawmill operations. Woody residues from forest clearing. Cost of primary production and conversion. Production systems. Infrastructure. Firewood and charcoal production costs from clearing native forest. Forest plantations. Production costs. Firewood and charcoal production costs from clearing native forest. Forest plantation costs. Costs of charcoal from sawdust. Transportation. Unit costs. Delivered costs of fuel. Aproximating a supply curve. Description of technologies for wood and charcoal use. Steam production-new boilers. Gasifiers. Pulverized charcoal combustion. Pyrolytic oil. Retrofitting existing boilers. Partial substitution in cement production. Fuel cycle economic fuel industry. Steam generation. Retrofiting of existing systems. Cement. Partial substitution. Total substitution. A demand curve. Rural electrification. Market structure and interventions. Investment costs. Market structure and evaluation.

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COSTA RICA; SECTOR INDUSTRIAL; MADERA; DEMANDA; CONVERSION DE LA ENERGIA; PRODUCCION; TECNOLOGIA; BIOMASA; COMBUSTIBLES; ELECTRIFICACION RURAL;