Ultrasonic vibration-assisted pelleting for cellulosic biofuel manufacturing: Investigation on power consumption

Renewable Energy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 175-181

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Zhang, Pengfei ^a   Pei, Zhijian ^a   Wang, Donghai ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass; Pelleting; Power consumption; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PARTICLE; CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH COSTS; INPUT VARIABLES; LOW DENSITY; PELLET QUALITY; SUGAR YIELD; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; ULTRASONIC POWER; WHEAT STRAWS;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

PELLETIZING;

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER GENERATION; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATION; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84872672431     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.12.015     Document Type: Article

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