Analysis of the fly ash from the processing of wood chips in a pilot-scale downdraft gasifier: Comparison of inorganic constituents determined by PIXE and ICP-AES

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-168

  Eberhardt, Thomas L ^a   Pan, Hui ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University Ag Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Fertilizer; Gasification; Heavy metals; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FERTILIZERS; FLY ASH; GASIFICATION; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE INCINERATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BIO-ENERGY; BIO-ENERGY SYSTEMS; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LAND APPLICATIONS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; PROTON INDUCED X RAY EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOMASS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER; FLY ASH; HEAVY METAL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT; SODIUM; URANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BYPRODUCTS; CONCENTRATION; FLY ASH; GASIFICATION; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; WOOD;

EID: 84877314795     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 1873-2909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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