Biomass Pyrolysis

Advances in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-139

  Nachenius, R W ^a   Ronsse, F ^a   Venderbosch, R H ^b   Prins, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BTG BIOMASS TECHNOLOGY GROUP BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fast pyrolysis; Reactor technology; Slow pyrolysis; Torrefaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871831693     PISSN: 00652377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386505-2.00002-X     Document Type: Chapter

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