Pretreatment and fractionation of barley straw using steam explosion at low severity factor

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 286-300

  Iroba, Kingsley L ^a   Tabil, Lope G ^a   Sokhansanj, Shahab ^b,c   Dumonceaux, Tim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass straw; Carbon content; Chemical composition; Higher heating value; Severity factor; Steam explosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIOMASS; CALORIFIC VALUE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; EXPLOSIONS; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; STRAW;

CARBON CONTENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; SEVERITY FACTOR; STEAM EXPLOSION;

STEAM;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CARBON; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP RESIDUE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEATING; HYDROGEN; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

HORDEUM;

EID: 84901604471     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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