Product yields and characteristics of rice husk, rice straw and corncob during fast pyrolysis in a drop-tube/fixed-bed reactor

Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-404

  Wannapeera, Janewit ^a   Worasuwannarak, Nakorn ^a   Pipatmanomai, Suneerat ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biomass; Char; Drop tube fixed bed reactor; Fast pyrolysis; Metal species

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349102015     PISSN: 01253395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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