Grass pellet Quality Index: A tool to evaluate suitability of grass pellets for small scale combustion systems

Applied Energy

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 679-684

  Cherney, Jerome H ^a   Verma, Vijay Kumar ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Grass composition; Grass pellets; Quality Index; Residential combustion; Solid biofuel

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CULTIVATION; PELLETIZING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; BIOMASS CROP; BIOMASS QUALITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMBUSTION SYSTEMS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION SYSTEM; GRASS BIOMASS; HARVEST MANAGEMENT; PELLET QUALITY; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; QUALITY INDICES; RENEWABLE FUELS; RESIDENTIAL COMBUSTION; SMALL SCALE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOLID BIO-FUELS; SPECIFIC VALUES; WORKING RANGE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CROP PRODUCTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY MARKET; GRASS; INDEX METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 84871716559     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.10.050     Document Type: Article

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