Assessment of Appalachian hardwood residue properties and potentials for bioenergy utilization

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-83

  Adebayo, Adebola ^a   Wang, Jingxin ^a   Dawson Andoh, Benjamin ^a   McNeel, Joseph F ^a   Armstrong, James P ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Decay; Heating value; Logging residue; Properties; Proximate

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; DECAY; HEATING VALUE; LOGGING RESIDUE; PROPERTIES; PROXIMATE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ETHANOL; GRAVITATION; HEATING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

HARVESTING;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECAY; DENSITY; ENERGY; ETHANOL; GRAVITATION; HARVESTING; HEATING; LOGGING; PROPERTIES; SOIL; SUGAR; SURVEYS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 65549163180     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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