Mass and thermal analysis of burning wood spheres

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 665-693

  Kuo, Jing T ^a   Hwang, Lien H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Combustion; Pyrolysis; Rate; Wood

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; HYDROGEN; PYROLYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS; WOOD; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HOT AIR FLOWS; MASS ANALYSIS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0345015443     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200302395     Document Type: Article

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