Utilization of almond residues

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Chen, Paul ^a   Cheng, Yanling ^a   Deng, Shaobo ^a   Lin, Xiangyang ^a,b   Huang, Guangwei ^c   Ruan, Roger ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Almond Board of California   (United States)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbons; Almond; Anti oxidants; Bioenergy; Biomass; Biorefinery; Gasification; Heat; Power; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 78751506627     PISSN: 19346344     EISSN: 19346352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3965/j.issn.1934-6344.2010.04.001-018     Document Type: Article

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