Fixed-bed pyrolysis of Miscanthus x giganteus: Product yields and bio-oil characterization

Energy Sources

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 779-790

  Yorgun, Sait ^a   Şimşek, Yunus Emre ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bio oil; Biomass; Characterization; Miscanthus; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242413661     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: 15210510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310303380     Document Type: Article

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