The effects of sugar beet molasses on wheat straw pelleting and pellet quality. A comparative study of pelleting by using a single pellet press and a pilot-scale pellet press

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 220-229

  Mišljenović, Nevena ^a   Čolović, Radmilo ^b   Vukmirović, Duro ^b   Brlek, Tea ^b   Bringas, Carlos Salas ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Molasses; Single pellet press; Straw pellets

Indexed keywords

GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; LIGNIN; MOLASSES; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); STRAW; SUGAR BEETS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MATERIAL BEHAVIOR; PELLETING PROCESS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; PROCESS ADJUSTMENTS; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELING; SUGAR BEET MOLASSES;

PELLETIZING;

MOLASSES; PELLETING; WHEAT STRAW;

EID: 84954350402     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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