Pyrolysis of sorghum bagasse biomass into bio-char and bio-oil products: A thorough physicochemical characterization

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1277-1289

  Kotaiah Naik, D ^a,b   Monika, K ^a   Prabhakar, S ^a   Parthasarathy, Rajarathinam ^b   Satyavathi, B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Characterization; Packed bed reactor; Pyrolysis; Sorghum bagasse

Indexed keywords

BAGASSE; BIOMASS; CALORIFIC VALUE; CHARACTERIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PACKED BEDS; PHENOLS; PYROLYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; PACKED BED REACTOR; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPES; SORGHUM BAGASSE;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 85007518861     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: 15882926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-016-6061-y     Document Type: Article

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