Aeration of baled and chopped miscanthus in a covered test facility

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2011, ASABE 2011

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 3557-3571

  Iqbal, Tariq ^a   Eckhoff, Steven R ^a   Danao, Mary Grace C ^a   Ting, K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Drying; Forced aeration; Miscanthus; Storage

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DRYING; ENERGY STORAGE; ENGINEERS; INLET FLOW; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

AIR FLOW; BIOMASS MATERIALS; BIOMASS STORAGE; FAN INLET; FORCED AERATION; FULL SCALE; MISCANTHUS; MOISTURE PROFILES; RESEARCH FACILITIES; STORAGE PROPERTIES; SWEET SORGHUM; SWITCHGRASS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS; VARIABLE SPEED;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 81255152263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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