Characterization of human manure-derived biochar and energy-balance analysis of slow pyrolysis process

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1619-1626

  Liu, Xuan ^a   Li, Zifu ^a   Zhang, Yaozhong ^a   Feng, Rui ^a   Mahmood, Ibrahim Babatunde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Biochar; Energy balance; Human manure; Pyrolysis; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDSTOCKS; PYROLYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS;

BIO CHARS; CONTAMINANT IMMOBILIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROUS TEXTURE; SLOW PYROLYSIS; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VARYING TEMPERATURE;

MANURES;

BIOCHAR; BIOFUEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHARCOAL; MANURE;

CHARCOAL; ENERGY BALANCE; MANURE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PYROLYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN MANURE; MANURE; MOISTURE; NUTRIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; HUMAN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHARCOAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MANURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84905563273     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.05.027     Document Type: Article

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