Assessment of mass flows and fuel quality during mechanical dehydration of silages using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-203

  Perbandt, Daniela ^a   Reulein, Jürgen ^a   Richter, Felix ^a   Stülpnagel, Reinhold ^a   Wachendorf, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combustion; IFBB system; Mineral composition; NIRS; Solid fuels

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; BIOGAS PLANTS; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRUDE FIBERS; DEGREE OF ACCURACY; ETHER EXTRACTS; FUEL QUALITY; INTEGRATED PRODUCTION; MASS FLOW; MINERAL COMPONENT; MINERAL COMPOSITION; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTRA; PARENT MATERIALS; PREDICTION EQUATIONS; SOLID FUELS;

BIOGAS; COMBUSTION; CROPS; ETHERS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS TRANSFER; MINERALS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; REFLECTION; SILICATE MINERALS; TECHNOLOGY;

FUELS;

EID: 77952421053     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-009-9062-x     Document Type: Article

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