Pyrolytic Conversion of Horse Manure into Biochar and Its Thermochemical and Physical Properties

Waste and Biomass Valorization

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 975-981

  Tsai, Wen Tien ^a   Huang, Chia Nien ^b   Chen, Huei Ru ^a   Cheng, Hui Yueh ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Horse manure; Pyrolysis; Thermochemical property; True density

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CALORIFIC VALUE; CARBONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAVY METALS; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

HORSE MANURE; LIVESTOCK MANURE; PYROLYTIC CONVERSION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION REACTION; THERMOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; TRUE DENSITY;

MANURES;

EID: 84947555081     PISSN: 18772641     EISSN: 1877265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12649-015-9376-1     Document Type: Article

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