A statistical analysis of the auto thermal fast pyrolysis of elephant grass in fluidized bed reactor based on produced charcoal

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 322-329

  Mesa Pérez, Juan M ^a,b   Cortez, Luis A B ^a   Marín Mesa, Henry R ^b   Rocha, José D ^c   Pelaez Samaniego M R ^a   Cascarosa, Esther ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Bioware Tecnologia   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA AGROENERGY ^*  (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass pyrolysis; Charcoal; Elephant grass; Fluidized bed; Pyrolysis reactor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893916690     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.12.072     Document Type: Article

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