Enhancing the combustible properties of bamboo by torrefaction

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 8225-8231

  Rousset, Patrick ^a   Aguiar, Clarissa ^b   Labbé, Nicole ^c   Commandré, Jean Michel ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Energy properties; Fuel biomass; Torrefaction

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC GROUP; ASH CONTENTS; BIOMASS FUELS; CARBONYL GROUPS; CHEMICAL CHANGE; ENERGY CROPS; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY PROPERTY; FTIR; FUEL CHARACTERISTICS; HEATING VALUE; LOW RANK COALS; TORREFACTION; VULGARIS;

COAL COMBUSTION; CROPS; FUELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BAMBOO;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; COAL; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNITE;

ASH; BAMBOO; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; CARBONYL COMPOUND; CELLULOSE; COMBUSTION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT TRANSFER; LIGNIN; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; BAMBUSA; BAMBUSA VULGARIS; BIOMASS CONVERSION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEAT TREATMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TORREFACTION;

BIOMASS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; SASA; TEMPERATURE;

BAMBUSA VULGARIS;

EID: 79960843859     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.05.093     Document Type: Article

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