An experimental study on charring of cellulosic biomass in Ultrasonic Vibration-Assisted pelleting

International Journal of Manufacturing Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-86

  Feng, Q ^a   Cong, W L ^b   Zhang, M ^b   Pei, Z J ^b   Ren, C Z ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Kansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Cellulosic biomass; Charring; Density; Ultrasonic Vibration Assisted pelleting

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FEEDSTOCKS; MANUFACTURE; PELLETIZING; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

CELLULOSIC BIOFUELS; CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; CHARRING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; ULTRASONIC VIBRATION; ULTRASONIC VIBRATION-ASSISTED PELLETING;

CELLULOSIC ETHANOL;

EID: 78651111369     PISSN: 17500591     EISSN: 17500605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMR.2011.037915     Document Type: Article

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