Potassium catalysis in the pyrolysis behaviour of short rotation willow coppice

Fuel

Volumn 86, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2389-2402

  Nowakowski, Daniel J ^a   Jones, Jenny M ^a   Brydson, Rik M D ^a   Ross, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Catalysis; Mechanism; Potassium; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTASSIUM; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DECOMPOSITION MARKERS; SHORT ROTATION WILLOW COPPICE (SRC); SYNTHETIC BIOMASS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 34548457389     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2007.01.026     Document Type: Article

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