Pretreatment methods to obtain pumpable high solid loading wood-water slurries for continuous hydrothermal liquefaction systems

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 437-443

  Dãrãban, Iulia Maria ^a   Rosendahl, Lasse Aistrup ^a   Pedersen, Thomas Helmer ^a   Iversen, Steen Brummerstedt ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b STEEPER ENERGY APS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biocrude; Feedstock pumpability; HTL; Lignocellulosic biomass; Pulping; Rheological characterization

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FEEDSTOCKS; HARDWOODS; HEAT TREATMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; RECYCLING; WOOD;

BIOCRUDE; HTL; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; PULPING; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

SLURRIES;

CELLULOSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIQUEFACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PUMP; RECYCLING; RHEOLOGY; SLURRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS; PULPING; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84938823531     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 18732909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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