Physical characterization of wet and dry wheat straw and switchgrass - Bulk and specific density

2007 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Technical Papers

Volumn 11 BOOK, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lam, P S ^a   Sokhansanj, S ^a,d   Bi, X ^a   Mani, S ^b   Lim, C J ^a   Womac, A R ^c   Hoque, M ^a   Peng, J ^a   Jayashankar, T ^a   Nalmi, L J ^a   Nayaran, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e First American Scientific Company   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Fibrous biomass; Packing; Particle density; Porosity; Straw; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; PACKING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY;

BIOREFINERY; PARTICLE DENSITIES; SWITCHGRASS;

STRAW;

BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; PACKING; POROSITY; STRAW; WHEAT;

EID: 35649011059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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