Natural binders and solid bridge type binding mechanisms in briquettes and pellets made from corn stover and switchgrass

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1082-1090

  Kaliyan, Nalladurai ^a   Morey, R Vance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding mechanisms; Briquettes; Corn stover; Pellets; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BINDING MECHANISMS; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BRIDGE-TYPE; CORN STOVER; DENSIFICATION PROCESS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; PILOT SCALE; RENEWABLE FUELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SEM IMAGE; SWITCHGRASS;

BINDERS; BINDING ENERGY; BIOMASS; BRIQUETS; BRIQUETTING; COST REDUCTION; FEEDSTOCKS; GLASS TRANSITION; PELLETIZING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GLASS BONDING;

LIGNIN; PROTEIN;

LIGNIN; PROTEIN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CHEMICAL BOND; CORN; GRASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; GLASS; LIGNIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZEA MAYS;

PANICUM VIRGATUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70450155363     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.08.064     Document Type: Article

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