Fuel properties of biomass feed streams at ethanol plants

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-64

  Morey, R Vance ^a   Hatfield, Dennis L ^b   Sears, Rod ^b   Haak, Daniel ^b   Tiffany, Douglas G ^a   Kaliyan, Nalladurai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RMT Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash fusion; Biomass; Corn stover; Ethanol co products; Heating value; Thermogravimetric analysis; Ultimate analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHLORINE; COMBUSTION; ETHANOL; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HEATING; LIGHT METALS; METAL ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SMOKE; SODIUM; SULFUR; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ASH FUSION; CORN STOVER; ETHANOL CO-PRODUCTS; HEATING VALUE; ULTIMATE ANALYSIS;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 60149096323     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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