Biomass pre-processing size reduction with instrumented mills

2007 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Technical Papers

Volumn 11 BOOK, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Womac, A R ^a   Igathinathane, C ^b   Bitra, P ^c   Miu, P ^c   Yang, T ^c   Sokhansanj, S ^d   Narayan, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Grinders; Image analysis; Lignocellulose; Particle size; Sieve; Slicers

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTED MILLS; SLICERS;

CELLULOSE; GRINDING MILLS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SIEVES;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; GRINDERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIEVES;

EID: 35648954759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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