Cellulose Pyrolysis Kinetic: The Current State of Knowledge

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 703-717

  Antal, Michael Jerry ^a   Varhegyi, Gabor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CELLULOSE PYROLYSIS; CHAR FORMATION; VAPOR SOLID INTERACTIONS;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 0029276857     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie00042a001     Document Type: Article

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