Experimentally determined storage and handling properties of fuel pellets made from torrefied whole-tree pine chips, logging residues and beech stem wood

Fuel

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 330-339

  Jarvinen T ^a   Agar, D ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bio coal; Co firing; Pellet properties; Torrefaction; Torrefied pellets

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; COAL; DIGITAL STORAGE; DURABILITY; FEEDSTOCKS; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

BIO-COAL; CO-FIRING; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENTS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; PELLET PROPERTIES; STANDARD PROCEDURES; STORAGE AND HANDLING; TORREFACTION;

PELLETIZING;

EID: 84899510979     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.03.057     Document Type: Article

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