Costs of harvesting, storing in a large pile, and transporting corn stover in a wet form

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 439-448

  Turhollow, Anthony F ^a,b   Sokhansanj, Shahab ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn stover; Economics; Harvest; Storage; Transport; Wet biomass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BAGASSE; BIOMASS; OPERATING COSTS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

BIOREFINERY; CORN STOVER;

HARVESTING;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34547863124     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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