Influence of pyrolysis temperature on physico-chemical properties of corn stover (zea mays l.) biochar and feasibility for carbon capture and energy balance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Rafiq, Muhammad Khalid ^a,b   Bachmann, Robert Thomas ^c   Rafiq, Muhammad Tariq ^d   Shang, Zhanhuan ^a   Joseph, Stephen ^e   Long, Ruijun Long ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PAKISTAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^d INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; BIOCHAR; CHARCOAL; WASTE;

APPLE; ARTICLE; ASH; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARBON SOURCE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; CROP; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY YIELD; ENTHALPY; FOOD SECURITY; FURNACE; GASIFICATION; GOSSYPIUM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEATING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MAIZE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POTATO; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TOMATO; VEGETABLE; VOLATILIZATION; WHEAT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PH; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CARBON-13 MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHINA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POROSITY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE PRODUCTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84976908631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156894     Document Type: Article

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