Product yields and characteristics of corncob waste under various torrefaction atmospheres

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-27

  Lu, Jau Jang ^a   Chen, Wei Hsin ^b  

^a TAINAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Biomass and corncob waste; Hygroscopicity; Ignition temperature; Product yield; Torrefaction

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALORIFIC VALUE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GASES; NITROGEN;

HIGHER HEATING VALUE; HYGROSCOPICITY; IGNITION TEMPERATURES; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; PRODUCT YIELDS; STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATIONS; STORAGE PROPERTIES; TORREFACTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893352843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7010013     Document Type: Article

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