Effects of hydrothermal conditioning and mechanical dewatering on ash melting behaviour of solid fuel produced from European semi-natural grasslands

Fuel

Volumn 118, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-129

  Bühle, Lutz ^a   Dürl, Gregor ^a   Hensgen, Frank ^a   Urban, Arnd ^a   Wachendorf, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ash melting temperature; Bioenergy; Grassland; IFBB; Solid fuel

Indexed keywords

ASH MELTING; BIO-ENERGY; GRASSLAND; IFBB; SOLID FUELS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CALCIUM; DEWATERING; FUELS; MELTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICON; SODIUM;

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

EID: 84888234265     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.10.063     Document Type: Article

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