Pyrolysis temperature induced changes in characteristics and chemical composition of biochar produced from conocarpus wastes

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 374-379

  Al Wabel, Mohammad I ^a   Al Omran, Abdulrasoul ^a   El Naggar, Ahmed H ^a   Nadeem, Mahmoud ^a   Usman, Adel R A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biochar; Carbon stability; Chemical composition; Conocarpus wastes; Pyrolysis temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ACIDIC FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; AROMATICITIES; ASH CONTENTS; BIOCHAR; CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL; CARBON STABILITY; CELLULOSE LOSS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRYSTALLINE MINERALS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FOURIER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TOTAL CONTENT;

PYROLYSIS;

CALCIUM; CARBON; CELLULOSE; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SULFUR;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PLANT RESIDUE; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ASH; BIOCHAR; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONOCARPUS ERECTUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVERGREEN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WASTE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84873173710     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.165     Document Type: Article

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