Preparation and characterization of fuel pellets from woody biomass, agro-residues and their corresponding hydrochars

Applied Energy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 1315-1322

  Liu, Zhengang ^a   Quek, Augustine ^a   Balasubramanian, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fuel quality; Hydrochar pellet; Pelletization; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FUEL QUALITY; HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH; HYDROCHAR PELLET; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; PELLETIZATION; WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGES;

PELLETIZING;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CHEMICAL BONDING; COMBUSTION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84884727903     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.08.087     Document Type: Article

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