Relationship between calorific value and elementary composition of torrefied lignocellulosic biomass

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3250-3256

  Uemura, Y ^a   Omar, W ^a   Tsutsui, T ^b   Subbarao, D ^a   Yusup, S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calorific value; Elementary composition; Lignocellulosic biomass; Torrefaction

Indexed keywords

CALORIFIC VALUE; CARBON; PALM OIL;

AVERAGE ABSOLUTE ERROR; DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIORS; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; OIL PALM WASTE; OXYGEN CONTENT; TORREFACTION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 78049358318     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.3250.3256     Document Type: Article

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