Comparative study of combustion properties of five energy crops and Greek lignite

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 869-878

  Karampinis, Emmanouil ^a,b   Vamvuka, Despina ^c   Sfakiotakis, Stylianos ^c   Grammelis, Panagiotis ^a   Itskos, Grigorios ^a   Kakaras, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASH CHARACTERIZATION; ASH CONTENTS; ASH MELTING; BIOMASS ASHES; BIOMASS FUELS; CHAR COMBUSTION; CHAR REACTIVITY; CHLORINE CORROSION; CO-FIRING; COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR; COMBUSTION PROPERTY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEVOLATILIZATION; ENERGY CROPS; LOW MELTING TEMPERATURES; MISCANTHUS; PARALLEL REACTIONS; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; POWER PRODUCTION; SOLID BIO-FUELS; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CROPS; FORESTRY; FUELS; MELTING POINT; METAL MELTING; POTASSIUM; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

LIGNITE;

EID: 84857419694     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef2014088     Document Type: Article

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