Combustion related characterisation of Miscanthus peat blends applying novel fuel characterisation tools

Fuel

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 253-262

  Sommersacher, Peter ^a   Brunner, Thomas ^b,c   Obernberger, Ingwald ^b,c   Kienzl, Norbert ^a   Kanzian, Werner ^b,c  

^a BIOENERGY 2020 GMBH   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fuel blends; Miscanthus; Peat; Solid biomass characterisation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FUEL SYSTEMS; LEAD; MELTING; PEAT; RISK PERCEPTION; TESTING; WOOD FUELS;

ASH-FORMING ELEMENTS; BIOMASS CHARACTERISATION; FUEL BLENDS; MISCANTHUS; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; SEMI-VOLATILE ELEMENTS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATION;

FUELS;

EID: 84930943692     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.05.037     Document Type: Article

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