Characterization of North American Lignocellulosic Biomass and Biochars in Terms of their Candidacy for Alternate Renewable Fuels

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 663-677

  Nanda, Sonil ^a   Mohanty, Pravakar ^b,c   Pant, Kamal K ^c   Naik, Satyanarayan ^c   Kozinski, Janusz A ^a   Dalai, Ajay K ^b  

^a York University   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Biochar; Biofuel potential; Characterization; Lignocellulosic biomass

Indexed keywords

BIO CHARS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PHASIS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMOGRAVIMETRIC; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; XRD (X RAY DIFFRACTION);

BIOFUELS; CELLULOSE; CHARACTERIZATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEEDSTOCKS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOMASS;

PHLEUM PRATENSE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84876969305     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-012-9281-4     Document Type: Article

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