Some chemical compositional changes in miscanthus and white oak sawdust samples during torrefaction

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3928-3947

  Tumuluru, Jaya Shankar ^a   Boardman, Richard D ^a   Wright, Christopher T ^a   Hess, J Richard ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Miscanthus; Temperature; Time; Torrefaction; White oak sawdust

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; MISCANTHUS; TIME; TORREFACTION; WHITE OAK;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84868225880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5103928     Document Type: Article

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