Wood pellet properties produced in British Columbia and studies on off-gas emissions at low and high storage temperatures

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009, ASABE 2009

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 6245-6266

  Shankar, Tumuluru Jaya ^a   Kuang, Xingya ^a   Sokhansanj, Shahab ^a   Lim, Jim ^a   Bi, Tony ^a   Melin, Staffan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Delta Research Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Durability index; Gas chromatography; Off gas; Pellet density; Wood pellets

Indexed keywords

ASH CONTENTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BULK DENSITY; CO CONCENTRATIONS; FIBRECO EXPORT INC.; GAS PELLETS; HEADSPACES; HIGH STORAGE TEMPERATURES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MEASURED DATA; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NATIONAL STANDARD; OFF-GASES; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PELLET PROPERTIES; SHIPPING COMPANIES; SHIPPING POINT; STANDARD DEVIATION; STORAGE PERIODS; STORAGE TEMPERATURES; TAPPED DENSITY; TIME PERIODS; WOOD CHIP; WOOD PELLET;

CALORIFIC VALUE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DURABILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DENSITY OF GASES;

BULK DENSITY; CALORIMETRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DURABILITY; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEAKAGE; MOISTURE; NUTRITION; ORE; PELLETING; PELLETS; WOOD;

EID: 77649201235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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