Effect of storage temperature on off-gassing and physical properties of wood pellets

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2008, ASABE 2008

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 4247-4261

  Tumuluru, Jaya Shankar ^a   Kuang, Xingya ^a   Sokhansanj, Shahab ^a   Lim, Jim ^a   Bi, Tony ^a   Melin, Staff An ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Delta Research Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Durability index; Gas chromatography; Off gas; Pellet density; Wood pellets

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DURABILITY; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAREHOUSES; WOOD;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AUTO OXIDATIONS; BULK DENSITY; CONCENTRATION OF; ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; EMISSION RATES; FREE FATTY ACIDS; HEADSPACE; HEADSPACE TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; OFF-GAS; OFF-GASES; OFF-GASSING; PELLET DENSITY; PELLET PROPERTIES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; STEEL COLUMNS; STORAGE TEMPERATURES; WOOD PELLETS;

DENSITY OF GASES;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DURABILITY; FATTY ACIDS; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEAKAGE; MOISTURE; PELLETING; PELLETS; STORAGE; WARE HOUSES; WOOD;

EID: 63049134788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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