Grain-based activated carbons for natural gas storage

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1983-1991

  Zhang, Tengyan ^a,b   Walawender, Walter P ^a   Fan, L T ^a  

^a 129 Seaton Hall   (United States)

^b WESTERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Grain; Methane storage; Natural gas storage

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AUTOMOBILE FUEL TANKS; CARBON; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; FUEL STORAGE; FUEL TANKS; GAS ADSORPTION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS VEHICLES;

ADSORBED NATURAL GAS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; GLOBAL ENERGY DEMAND; METHANE STORAGE; NATURAL GAS STORAGE; NITROGEN ADSORPTION;

GAS FUEL STORAGE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; LIGNIN; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; CARBON; CHARCOAL; FOSSIL FUEL; METHANE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AUTOMOBILE; BIOMASS POWER; BULK DENSITY; CHARCOAL; COMPACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS STORAGE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; POROSITY; SORGHUM; WHEAT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORGHUM; WHEAT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE;

SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; CEREALS; CHARCOAL; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOSSIL FUELS; METHANE; NITROGEN; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SORGHUM; TRITICUM;

EID: 74549141786     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.046     Document Type: Article

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