A guide to physical property characterisation of biomass-derived fast pyrolysis liquids

VTT Publications

Volumn , Issue 450, 2001, Pages 2-65

  Oasmaa, Anja ^a   Peacocke, Cordner ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Conversion and Resource Evaluation Ltd ^*

Author keywords

Biomass; Characterization; Fast pyrolysis; Fuel oil properties; Homogeneity; Physical properties; Pyrolysis liquid; Sampling; Specifications; Test methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746543004     PISSN: 12350621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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