Influence of physical properties of solid biomass fuels on the design and cost of storage installations

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1151-1157

  García Fernández, Roberto ^a   Pizarro García, Consuelo ^a   Gutiérrez Lavín, Antonio ^a   Bueno de las Heras, Julio L ^a   Pis, José Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Belt conveyor; Biomass waste; Physical characterization; Stores design

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS FUELS; BIOMASS WASTES; BULK DENSITY; HANDLING SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; VARIABLE COSTS;

BELT CONVEYORS; BIOMASS; COST ACCOUNTING; DURABILITY; FUELS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PROFITABILITY;

FUEL STORAGE;

FUEL;

BIOFUEL; BULK DENSITY; COST; DURABILITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOLID WASTE; STORAGE STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; WOOD;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; WOOD;

EID: 84877587653     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.01.033     Document Type: Article

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