Production, characterization and reactivity studies of chars produced by the isothermal pyrolysis of flax straw

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-105

  Hasan Khan Tushar, Mohammad Shahed ^a   Mahinpey, Nader ^b   Khan, Ataullah ^a   Ibrahim, Hussameldin ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^c   Idem, Raphael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c HTC Pure Energy   (Canada)

Author keywords

Char; Characterization; Combustion; Flax straw; Kinetics; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CHAR; CHAR COMBUSTION; CHAR STRUCTURE; CHAR YIELD; COMBUSTION KINETICS; DEGREE OF POROSITY; FILAMENTOUS CARBON; FLAX STRAW; GLOBAL KINETIC MODELS; GRAPHITIC CARBONS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POWER LAW; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; RESIDENCE TIME; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED OXIDATION; XRD;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMORPHOUS CARBON; CHARACTERIZATION; COMBUSTION; ENZYME KINETICS; FLAX; KINETICS; LINEN; PHYSISORPTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; YARN;

PYROLYSIS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMBUSTION; GRAPHITIZATION; ISOTHERM; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; STRAW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 84856213273     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.12.027     Document Type: Article

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