A review on biomass classification and composition, co-firing issues and pretreatment methods

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 2053-2083

  Tumuluru, Jaya Shankar ^a   Sokhansanj, Shahab ^b   Wright, Christopher T ^a   Boardman, Richard D ^a   Yancey, Neal A ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Co firing issues; Physical and chemical properties; Pretreatment methods

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; BRIQUETTING; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COAL; COAL STORAGE; ENGINEERS; FEEDSTOCKS; INVESTMENTS; PELLETIZING; SPECIFICATIONS;

ASH CONTENTS; BIOMASS FEED SYSTEMS; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOMASS QUALITY; BIOMASS SUPPLY; BLEND RATIOS; BOILER TUBES; BULK DENSITY; CO-FIRE; CO-FIRING; CO-FIRING BIOMASS; COAL POWER PLANTS; ENERGY DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY; FLAME STABILITY; GRINDABILITIES; GRINDABILITY INDEX; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLLUTANT FORMATION; PRE-PROCESSING METHOD; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT METHODS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEAM EXPLOSION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 81255152604     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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