Effects of heating rate and water leaching of perennial energy crops on pyrolysis characteristics and kinetics

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2433-2439

  Vamvuka, D ^a   Sfakiotakis, S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ash; Energy crops; Kinetics; Pyrolysis; Washing

Indexed keywords

ASH CONTENTS; BIOMASS MATERIALS; CELLULOSE DECOMPOSITION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DEGRADATION RATE; ENERGY CROPS; FIRST-ORDER; GIANT REED; HEAT AND POWER; NON-ISOTHERMAL THERMOGRAVIMETRY; PARALLEL REACTIONS; PEAK TEMPERATURES; PERENNIAL CROPS; PYROLYSIS RATE; RAW FUELS; SWITCHGRASS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; WATER LEACHING; WATER WASHING;

CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; HEATING; HEATING RATE; LEACHING; PYROLYSIS; REACTION RATES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASHING;

CROPS;

ASH; BIOMASS POWER; CELLULOSE; ENERGY CROP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; HEATING; LEACHING; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ARUNDO DONAX; CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 79954615118     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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