Development of laboratory studies on the off-gassing of wood pellets

Canadian Biosystems Engineering / Le Genie des biosystems au Canada

Volumn 52, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tumuluru, Jaya Shankar ^a,b   Kuang, Xingya ^a,c   Sokhansanj, Shahab ^a,d   Lim, C Jim ^a   Bi, Tony ^a   Melin, Staffan ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Tongji University School of Medicine   (China)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Delta Research Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Durability; Gas chromatography; Moisture content; Off gas; Pellet density; Storage temperature; Wood pellets

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; OFF-GAS; PELLET DENSITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; WOOD PELLETS;

DURABILITY; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC TAPES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASES; GLASS FIBERS; HEATING; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; STEEL CONTAINERS; WOOD; WOODEN CONTAINERS;

DENSITY OF GASES;

DURABILITY; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLASS FIBERS; HEATING; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PELLETING; PELLETS; WOOD;

EID: 79952910072     PISSN: 14929058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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