Torrefaction of sorghum biomass to improve fuel properties

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 232, Issue , 2017, Pages 372-379

  Yue, Yang ^a   Singh, Hari ^b   Singh, Bharat ^b   Mani, Sudhagar ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional analysis; Energy yield; Sorghum biomass; Torrefaction; Torrefied liquid products

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BAGASSE; KETONES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AQUEOUS FRACTIONS; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY YIELDS; FURAN DERIVATIVES; LIQUID PRODUCTS; PLATFORM CHEMICALS; SWEET SORGHUM BAGASSE; TORREFACTION;

LIQUIDS;

2 BUTANONE; 2,3 BUTANEDIOL; 2,3 BUTANEDIONE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID; ACETONE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BAGASSE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CELLULOSE; DIMETHYL ETHER; FUEL; FURAN DERIVATIVE; FURFURAL; FURFURYL ALCOHOL; GLYCEROL; GUANIDINE; HEMICELLULOSE; LEVOGLUCOSAN; LIGNIN; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROPANOL; VACCENIC ACID; BIOFUEL;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL METHOD; FUEL; FURAN; LIQUID; PHENOL; SORGHUM; YIELD;

ARTICLE; ASH; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CROSS REACTION; DECARBOXYLATION; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENERGY YIELD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SORGHUM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TORREFACTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; WOOD;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; SORGHUM; WOOD;

EID: 85014110320     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.02.060     Document Type: Article

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