Hydrothermal Conversion of Neutral Sulfite Semi-Chemical Red Liquor into Hydrochar

Energies

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Gamgoum, Ramy ^a   Dutta, Animesh ^a   Santos, Rafael M ^b   Chiang, Yi Wai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b School of Applied Chemical and Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ash content; Higher heating value; Hydrochar; Hydrothermal conversion; Red liquor; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

CALORIFIC VALUE; CELLULOSE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL ADDITIVES; PH;

ASH CONTENTS; ENERGY CONTENT; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; HYDROCHAR; HYDROTHERMAL CONVERSION; NEUTRAL SULFITE SEMI CHEMICALS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; RED LIQUOR; SOLID FUELS; THERMO-GRAVIMETRIC;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE; FUELS; GRAVIMETRY; INCREMENTS; LIQUIDS; PH; SOLIDS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85044644128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en9060435     Document Type: Article

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