Modeling of wheat straw torrefaction as a preliminary tool for process design

Waste and Biomass Valorization

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-420

  Nikolopoulos, N ^a,b   Isemin, R ^c   Atsonios, K ^a,d   Kourkoumpas, D ^a   Kuzmin, S ^c   Mikhalev, A ^c   Nikolopoulos, A ^a,d   Agraniotis, M ^e   Grammelis, P ^a   Kakaras, Em ^a,d  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b ARKAT Building ^*  (Greece)

^c TAMBOV STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e Clean Energy Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

ASPEN Plus; Thermodynamic modeling; Torrefaction; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

ASPEN PLUS; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; REACTION TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; TORREFACTION; WHEAT STRAWS;

BATCH REACTORS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FEEDSTOCKS; INERT GASES; PILOT PLANTS; STRAW;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84891406386     PISSN: 18772641     EISSN: 1877265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12649-013-9198-y     Document Type: Article

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