Characterization of fly ash from the gasification of wood and assessment for its application as a soil amendment

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3987-4004

  Pan, Hui ^a   Eberhardt, Thomas L ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash recycling; Bioavailability; Biomass; Heavy metals; Sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PH; ASH SAMPLES; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS GASIFIER; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH PROCESSING TEMPERATURES; LAND APPLICATIONS; NUTRIENT ELEMENTS; PILOT SCALE; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL SCREENING; SOUTHERN PINE WOOD;

ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; FLY ASH; GASIFICATION; HEAVY METALS; METALS; NUTRIENTS; POSITIVE IONS; PROCESSING; SCREENING; SOIL TESTING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SOILS;

ALKALINITY; ASH; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CATIONS; EXTRACTION; FLY ASH; GASIFICATION; HEAVY METALS; RECYCLING; SOIL; WOOD PRODUCTS;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 84856508283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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42. Article submitted: May 19, 2011; Peer review completed: August 7, 2011; Revised version received and accepted: August 18, 2011; Published: August 20, 2011