An overview of the chemical composition of biomass

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 913-933

  Vassilev, Stanislav V ^a,b   Baxter, David ^b   Andersen, Lars K ^b   Vassileva, Christina G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERALOGY AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Bulgaria)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Biomass ash; Chemical associations; Chemical composition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCTS; ASH ANALYSIS; ASH COMPONENTS; ASH YIELD; BIOMASS ASHES; BIOMASS MATERIALS; BIOMASS PROCESSING; BIOMASS SOURCE; CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL DATA; CHEMICAL TREND; CLASSIFICATION ,; DRY ASH; FREE BASIS; GENETIC TYPE; INORGANIC MATTERS; MINERAL COMPOSITION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SOLID FOSSIL FUELS; SUB-GROUPS; ULTIMATE DATA; VOLATILE MATTERS;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MOISTURE; SILICON; SODIUM;

BIOMASS;

EID: 77649180505     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.10.022     Document Type: Review

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