Physical and combustion characteristics of pellet fuel from cotton gin by-products produced by select processing treatments

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-213

  Holt, G A ^a   Blodgett, T L ^b   Nakayama, F S ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Alcoa Inc   (United States)

^c U S WATER CONSERVATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

By products; Cotton waste; Gin trash; Pellet fuel; Pellet stove; Value added processing

Indexed keywords

COTTON; LIQUID FUELS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COTTON WASTES; GIN TRASH; PELLET FUEL;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; COMBUSTION; COTTON; WASTE TREATMENT;

COTTON; FUELS; PLANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MICROPUS;

ADDITIVE; COST; COTTON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLANT MATERIAL; PRODUCT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SAFETY; TRASH;

EID: 33845224617     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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