Characterization of biochar from fast pyrolysis and gasification systems

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 386-396

  Brewer, Catherine E ^a,b   Schmidt Rohr, Klaus ^a   Satrio, Justinus A ^a   Brown, Robert C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Char quality; Corn stover; Solid state 13C NMR; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DETECTOR; AROMATICITIES; ASH CONTENTS; BET SURFACE AREA; BIOCHAR; BRUNAUER EMMET TELLERS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHAR QUALITY; CORN STOVER; DIRECT POLARIZATION; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; FAST PYROLYSIS; FTIR-PAS; FUSED AROMATIC RINGS; HEAT AND POWER; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PROXIMATE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SLOW PYROLYSIS; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOLID PRODUCTS; SURFACE AREA; SWITCHGRASS; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSING; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

PANICUM VIRGATUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70249099547     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10378     Document Type: Article

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