Pyrolysis of energy crops including alfalfa stems, reed canarygrass, and eastern gamagrass

Fuel

Volumn 85, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2450-2457

  Boateng, A A ^a   Jung, H G ^b   Adler, P R ^b  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa stems; Herbaceous crops; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOMASS; CROPS; FOSSIL FUELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ALFALFA STEMS; CHAR YIELDS; HERBACEOUS CROPS; RENEWABLE BIOMASS RESOURCES;

PYROLYSIS;

BIOMASS; FARM CROPS;

EID: 33746776182     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.04.025     Document Type: Article

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