Analysis of standard sieving method for milled biomass through image processing. Effects of particle shape and size for poplar and corn stover

Fuel

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 328-340

  Gil, Miguel ^a   Teruel, Enrique ^b   Arauzo, Inmaculada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Image processing; Particle characterization; Particle shape and size analysis; Sieving

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION; PARTICLE DIMENSIONS; PARTICLE SHAPE AND SIZE; SIEVING; SIZE CLASSIFICATION; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

ASPECT RATIO; FERRITES; HOOKS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84883545999     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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