Characterization of cellulosic wastes and gasification products from chicken farms

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 701-709

  Joseph, Paul ^a   Tretsiakova McNally, Svetlana ^a   McKenna, Siobhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken litter; Energy recovery; Gasification process; Waste management

Indexed keywords

BIO OIL; BOMB CALORIMETRY; CELLULOSIC WASTES; CHICKEN LITTER; ENERGY CONTENT; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY SOURCE; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFICATION PRODUCTS; GASPHASE; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; MINERAL CONTENT; OPERATION PARAMETERS; PRODUCER GAS; PYROLYSIS-COMBUSTION FLOW CALORIMETRIES; THERMAL PARAMETERS; WOOD SHAVINGS;

ANIMALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASIFICATION; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RECOVERY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE; CHARCOAL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS ENERGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASIFICATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WOOD DEBRIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; CHICKENS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84857030807     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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