Evaluation of Biomass Materials as Energy Sources: Upgrading of Tea Waste by Briquetting Process

Energy Sources

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-220

  Demirbaş, Ayhan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biomass; Briquetting; Compressive strength; Energy source; Evaluation; Tea waste

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BRIQUETTING; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; MOISTURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTE UTILIZATION;

HYDRAULIC PRESS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 0033115689     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319950014849     Document Type: Article

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