Pyrolysis of Black Liquor in a High-intensity Acoustic Field

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 315-331

  Koepke, S A ^a   Zhu, J Y ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic enhancement char yield; Black liquor; Char morphology; Pyrolysis gasification

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542782161     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102209808915776     Document Type: Article

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