Radiative pyrolysis of single moist wood particles

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 873-882

  Di Blasi, Colomba ^a   Gonzalez Hernandez, Elier ^a   Santoro, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASIFICATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOANALYSIS;

FIXED BED REACTOR; MOIST WOOD; THICK WOOD PARTICLE SIZE;

WOOD;

WOOD;

ARTICLE; EVAPORATION; GAS ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; MOISTURE; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 0034033725     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990720i     Document Type: Article

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