Co-pelletization of sewage sludge and biomass: The density and hardness of pellet

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 166, Issue , 2014, Pages 435-443

  Jiang, Longbo ^a,b   Liang, Jie ^a   Yuan, Xingzhong ^a   Li, Hui ^b   Li, Changzhu ^b   Xiao, Zhihua ^a   Huang, Huajun ^c   Wang, Hou ^a   Zeng, Guangming ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN ACADEMY OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Co pelletization; Meyer hardness; Relaxed pellet density; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BIOMASS; HARDNESS; LIGNIN; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION;

ADHESION BONDING; BIOMASS MATERIALS; CO-PELLETIZATION; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; LOWER PRESSURES; PELLET PROPERTIES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

PELLETIZING;

CAMPHOR; LIGNIN; PROTEIN; BIOFUEL; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BIOMASS; HETEROGENEITY; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; PROTEIN; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHINESE FIR; CO PELLETIZATION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; HARDNESS; HYPOBARISM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEYER HARDNESS; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXED PELLET DENSITY; RICE; RICE STRAW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; STRAW; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CAMPHOR; CUNNINGHAMIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORYZA SATIVA; SEWAGE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84902357590     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.077     Document Type: Article

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