An evaluation on improvement of pulverized biomass property for solid fuel through torrefaction

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3636-3644

  Chen, Wei Hsin ^a   Cheng, Wen Yi ^a   Lu, Ke Miao ^b   Huang, Ying Pin ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Boiler and blast furnace; Fuel; Particle size distribution; Pulverized biomass; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA); Torrefaction and agglomeration

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BLAST FURNACES; BOILERS; CALORIFIC VALUE; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COKE FUELED FURNACES; GAS BURNERS; LIGNIN; METAL REFINERIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PULVERIZED FUEL; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS MATERIALS; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; LIGNIN CONTENTS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PULVERIZED BIOMASS; SOLID FUELS; TEMPERATURE RISE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS (TGA); TORREFACTION AND AGGLOMERATION; TOTAL ENERGY; WEIGHT LOSS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS POWER; CELLULOSE; ENERGY CROP; LIGNIN; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PYROLYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WEIGHT;

FICUS BENGHALENSIS; SALIX;

EID: 79959830913     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.03.040     Document Type: Article

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