The influence of storage and drying methods for Scots pine raw material on mechanical pellet properties and production parameters

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 871-878

  Filbakk, Tore ^a   Skjevrak, Geir ^b   Høibø, Olav ^a   Dibdiakova, Janka ^c   Jirjis, Raida ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; DRYING METHODS; DRYING TEMPERATURE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATRIX; PELLET PRODUCTION; PELLET PROPERTIES; PELLET QUALITY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; PRODUCTION PARAMETERS; RAW MATERIAL PROPERTIES; SCOTS PINE;

DRYING; DURABILITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORESTRY; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORE PELLETS;

PELLETIZING;

DRYING; DURABILITY; FORESTRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PELLETING;

EID: 79952188588     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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