Influence of torrefaction pretreatment on biomass gasification technology

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1449-1456

  Chen, Qing ^a   Zhou, JinSong ^a   Liu, BingJun ^a   Mei, QinFeng ^a   Luo, ZhongYang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biomass; gasification; pretreatment; torrefaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955769814     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4292-z     Document Type: Article

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