Morphology and reactivity characteristics of char biomass particles

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5237-5243

  Avila, Claudio ^a   Pang, Cheng Heng ^a   Wu, Tao ^b   Lester, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Combustion; Morphology characterisation; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHARACTERIZATION; COMBUSTION; CROPS; METAL CLADDING; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE INCINERATION;

BIOMASS MATERIALS; BIOMASS PARTICLE; CHAR REACTIVITY; DEGREE OF DEFORMATIONS; DIFFERENT SIZES; INTRINSIC REACTIVITY; PARTICLE STRUCTURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC METHOD;

MORPHOLOGY;

CARBON; CHAR RESIDUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMASS; BIOMASS POWER; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; ENERGY CROP; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBUSTION; ENERGY CROP; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OIL IMMERSION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WOOD;

EID: 79952536867     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.01.071     Document Type: Article

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