Thermal properties of biochars derived from Waste biomass generated by agricultural and forestry sectors

Energies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Yang, Xing ^a,b   Wang, Hailong ^a,b   Strong, Peter James ^c   Xu, Song ^a   Liu, Shujuan ^a   Lu, Kouping ^b   Sheng, Kuichuan ^d   Guo, Jia ^e   Che, Lei ^f   He, Lizhi ^b   Ok, Yong Sik ^g   Yuan, Guodong ^h,i   Shen, Ying ^b   Chen, Xin ^a  

^a FOSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Zhejiang Humanities Landscape Co Ltd   (China)

^f HUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^h YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

ⁱ Guangdong Dazhong Agriculture Science Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Biochar; Biomass; Higher heating value (HHV); Proximate analysis; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALORIFIC VALUE; CARBON; CARBONIZATION; FORESTRY; TIMBER;

BIO CHARS; FORESTRY INDUSTRY; FUEL APPLICATIONS; HIGHER ENERGY DENSITY; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; LOW OXYGEN CONDITIONS; PROXIMATE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 85028962468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en10040469     Document Type: Article

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