Potassium fertilisation and the thermal behaviour of Cynara cardunculus L.

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1487-1494

  Solano, M L ^a   Manzanedo, E ^a   Concheso, R ^a   Curt, M D ^b   Sanz, M ^b   Fernandez J ^b  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Combustion; Cynara biomass; Potassium fertilisers; Scanning electron microscopy; Thermal Analysis

Indexed keywords

ASH MELTING; CYNARA BIOMASS; CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENT; FERTILISERS; HERBACEOUS BIOMASS; SEM IMAGE; SOLID FUELS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC STUDIES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BIOMASS; CHLORINE; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTS; FUELS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM FERTILIZERS; SINTERING; THERMOANALYSIS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASH; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUEL; HERB; MELTING; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

CYNARA; CYNARA CARDUNCULUS;

EID: 77955514435     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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