Global Kinetics of Wood Char Devolatilization and Combustion

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1609-1615

  Branca, Carmen ^a   Di Blasi, Colomba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVOLATILIZATION PROCESSES; WOOD CHAR;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMBUSTION; HEAT FLUX; PYROLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VAPORIZATION;

WOOD FUELS;

EID: 0345306311     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef030033a     Document Type: Article

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