Improvement of wood fuel pellet quality using sustainable sugar additives

BioResources

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 3373-3383

  Ståhl, Magnus ^a   Berghel, Jonas ^a   Granström, Karin ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Additives; Durability; Energy efficiency; Molasses; Spent sulphite liquor; Storage; White sugar; Wood fuel pellet

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; DURABILITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL STORAGE; FUELS; MOLASSES; STORAGE (MATERIALS); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WOOD; WOOD FUELS;

BULK DENSITY; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; OXIDATION PEAK; PELLET QUALITY; PRODUCTION COST; SPENT SULPHITE LIQUORS; WHITE SUGAR; WOOD PELLET;

PELLETIZING;

ADDITIVES; COSTS; DURABILITY; PRODUCTION; SUGAR;

EID: 84965142923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.11.2.3373-3383     Document Type: Article

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