Leaching of biomass from semi-natural grasslands - Effects on chemical composition and ash high-temperature behaviour

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 390-403

  Tonn, Bettina ^a   Thumm, Ulrich ^b   Lewandowski, Iris ^b   Claupein, Wilhelm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ash melting; Biodiversity; Bioenergy; Fuel composition; Grass; Release

Indexed keywords

ASH MELTING; BIO-ENERGY; FUEL COMPOSITION; GRASS; RELEASE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLORINE; COMBUSTION; CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; MELTING; METEOROLOGY; RAIN;

LEACHING;

ASH; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LEACHING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; WEATHER;

EID: 84355166789     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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