Fiber length and pulping characteristics of switchgrass, alfalfa stems, hybrid poplar and willow biomasses

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 215-221

  Ai, Jun ^a   Tschirner, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Hybrid poplar; Pulping; Switchgrass; Willow

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; HYBRID POPLAR; PULPING; SWITCHGRASS; WILLOW;

BIOMASS; FIBERS; KETONES; KRAFT PROCESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

PULP;

ALFALFA; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; GRASS; PROCESSING; WOOD;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOMASS; BIOPULPING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT FIBER; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITOMETRY; FOOD HANDLING; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; POACEAE; POPULUS; SALIX;

BIOMASS; FIBERS; KETONES; KRAFT PULPING; PLANTS; POPULUS; PULPING; PULPS; SALIX; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POPULUS; SALIX;

EID: 70249137539     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.07.090     Document Type: Article

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