Power consumption study in knife milling of wheat straw

Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME

Volumn 38, Issue , 2010, Pages 191-196

  Deines, Timothy W ^a   Pei, Z J ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cellulosic biofuel; Knife mill; Pelleting; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

KNIFE MILL; PELLETING; POWER CONSUMPTION; SPECIFIC ENERGY; SURFACE AREA; WHEAT STRAWS;

BIOMASS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; PELLETIZING; SIEVES;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 78149386500     PISSN: 10473025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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