Lignin content and briquette quality of different fibre hemp plant types and energy sunflower

Field Crops Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 332-339

  Alaru, Maarika ^a   Kukk, Liia ^a   Olt, Jüri ^a   Menind, Andres ^a   Lauk, Ruth ^a   Vollmer, Elis ^a   Astover, Alar ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Briquette; Dioecious hemp; Energy sunflower; Lignin; Monoecious hemp; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHLORINE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DUST; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERB; LIGNIN; MATURATION; MINERAL; NITROGEN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEWAGE; SLURRY;

BOS; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; HELIANTHUS; VICIA;

EID: 80052809364     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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