Mechanism of waste biomass pyrolysis: Effect of physical and chemical pre-treatments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 537, Issue , 2015, Pages 323-334

  Das, Oisik ^a,b   Sarmah, Ajit K ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Biomass; Pre treatment; Torrefaction; Waste

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DEGRADATION; HARDWOODS; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTES; WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL PRE-TREATMENT; DEGRADATION PROFILES; HOT WATER PRE TREATMENTS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL DISRUPTION; PRE-TREATMENT; THERMO-CHEMICAL REACTIONS; TORREFACTION;

BIOMASS;

AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE; HEMICELLULOSE; HOT WATER; PHOSPHATE; SULFURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASTE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; PYROLYSIS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WASTE;

ARTICLE; ASH; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEAT TREATMENT; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; TORREFACTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; INCINERATION; PROCEDURES; WASTE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOMASS; PRETREATMENT; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL STABILITY; WASTES;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

INCINERATION; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84939624876     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.076     Document Type: Article

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