The use of steam pretreatment to enhance pellet durability and the enzyme-mediated hydrolysis of pellets to fermentable sugars.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126731
Abstract: Although densified wood pellets are an attractive biomass feedstock for bioenergy and biofuels production, partly due to their ease of transport, their friability and hygroscopic nature (attraction of moisture) have proven problematic in terms of… read more here.
Keywords: mediated hydrolysis; biomass; pellet durability; steam pretreatment ... See more keywords
Prediction of ISO 17831-1:2015 mechanical biofuel pellet durability from single pellet characterization
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DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2017.04.004
Abstract: Abstract In fuel pellet research, single pellet production methods are frequently used for model building in order to predict how raw material characteristics, formulas, and process settings affect product quality and the industrial process performance.… read more here.
Keywords: single pellet; 17831 2015; iso 17831; durability ... See more keywords