Chemical and fuel properties of stumps biomass from Eucalyptus globulus plantations

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-16

  Gominho, Jorge ^a   Lourenço, Ana ^a   Miranda, Isabel ^a   Pereira, Helena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Chemical composition; Eucalyptus globulus; Fuel properties; Stump

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FUEL PROPERTIES; STUMP;

BIOMASS; CHLORINE; ETHANOL; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

FUELS;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ETHANOL; EVERGREEN TREE; FUEL; HEATING; PLANTATION; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REFORESTATION; SHRUB; SOLUBILIZATION;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORINE; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FUELS; PULP INDUSTRY; REFORESTATION; STUMPAGE; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

PORTUGAL;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 84857418806     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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