Improvement of fuel qualities of solid fuel biochars by washing treatment

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 130-135

  Liu, Zhengang ^a   Hoekman, S Kent ^b   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^c   Zhang, Fu Shen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ash related problem; Combustion; Fuel quality; Pollutant emission

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUELS; HYDROPHILICITY; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; SULFUR; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS; COMBUSTION PROPERTY; FUEL QUALITY; HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION; POLLUTANT EMISSION; REDUCING EMISSIONS; SLAGGING AND FOULING; WASHING EFFICIENCY;

WASHING;

EID: 84940001398     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.01.025     Document Type: Article

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