A comparative study of quality properties of pelletized agricultural and forestry lopping residues

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3133-3140

  Zamorano, M ^a   Popov, V ^b   Rodriguez M L ^a   Garcia Maraver A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b WESSEX INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural waste; Lopping residues; Norms; Pellets; Properties; Quality

Indexed keywords

LOPPING RESIDUES; NORMS; PELLETS; PROPERTIES; QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PELLETIZING; PLANT EXTRACTS; SULFUR; TIMBER; WASTE INCINERATION;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN TREE; FORESTRY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESEARCH WORK; VOLUME; WASTE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PELLETS; PLANT RESIDUES; POPULUS NIGRA; QUALITY CONTROL; QUERCUS ILEX; SULFUR;

EUROPE;

POPULUS NIGRA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 79957842538     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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