Application of a thermally assisted mechanical dewatering process to biomass

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 288-297

  Mahmoud, A ^a,b   Arlabosse, P ^a,b   Fernandez, A ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES D ALBI CARMAUX   (France)

^c INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Compression; Fractionation; Heat Transfer; Intensification; Response surface method

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ALFALFA; ALFALFA BIOMASS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; COMPRESSION; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DRY SOLIDS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY SAVING; HEAT SUPPLY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INTENSIFICATION; LIQUID CONTENTS; LIQUID STATE; MECHANICAL DEWATERING; NEW PROCESS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; REGRESSION MODEL; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; TWO-FACTOR CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGN;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUIDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DEWATERING;

ALFALFA; BIOMASS POWER; DEWATERING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPARATION;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 78650531905     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.08.037     Document Type: Article

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